R.Arvind Chakravarthy
Engineering Manager, Carousell
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned Engineering Manager adept at seamlessly integrating project technical aspects and making information relatable to non-technical personnel. Experienced leader and program manager with 16-year history in field. Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sotware Engineering Manager
Carousell Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
05.2019 - Current
- Involved in creating roadmaps for timely delivery of Marketing and Ads initiatives.
- Solely responsible for implementing Machine Learning techniques to improve the ads relevancy. The impact from this initiative gave a 5x increase in CTR of ads.
- Onboarded 8 new advertisers to Carousell Shopping Ads.
- Integrated prescribed processes and conventions during project planning to align products with internal guidelines.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
- Led development on multiple simultaneous projects, multi-tasking across several deliverables while remaining in direct control of development paths.
- Evaluated ongoing development efforts, providing feedback on potential methods of expediting completion and improving final results.
- Directly interacted with high-level customers to verify satisfaction and integrate feedback on in-process development projects.
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
Android, Technology Specialist
Coforge Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2016 - 05.2019
- Collaborated with German colleagues from Deutsche Bahn
- Worked as a Technical Lead, by providing key improvements in the suite of applications that our team developed.
- Migrated the android code from legacy to MVVM within 6 months of timespan.
- Championed the cause of quality and ensured the automation tests were improved.
- Scrum Engineer, as I doubled up as App , Lead, Backend, Automation engineer.
- Administered networks by creating user accounts and managing
- Managed aspects of Android app lifecycle from research and planning through deployment and post-launch support.
- Created custom mobile applications using native technologies.
- Devised documentation for each app, detailing operation aspects, functions, capabilities and features.
- Devised techniques for better modularity, testability and maintainability of front-end applications.
- Developed network and database security for monitoring and alerting of potential threats.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and design new features.
- Defined, created and maintained technical and user documentation, test cases and release notes.
- Used specific code versioning tools to manage and implement changes to programs.
- Supported team members with one-on-one and group trainings.
Android, Lead Engineer
Carlist.my Pvt Ltd
KualaLumpur
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Designed and created the consumer facing app that had 10 million user visits per day.
- Catered for high scale app availability.
- Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
- Designed user interfaces that engaged multiple senses and produced immersive experiences.
- Devised documentation for each app, detailing operation aspects, functions, capabilities and features.
- Assessed scope and requirements to assist with project design determinations.
- Incorporated offline storage, performance tuning and threading into apps for seamless use.
- Supported team members with one-on-one and group trainings.
- Created custom mobile applications using native technologies.
- Maintained comprehensive knowledge of mobile development cycle and addressed challenges arising in each phase.
- Used third-party libraries, custom libraries and APIs to develop new applications.
- Defined, created and maintained technical and user documentation, test cases and release notes.
- Devised techniques for better modularity, testability and maintainability of front-end applications.
- Employed JUnit framework to perform unit tests.
- Managed aspects of Android app lifecycle from research and planning through deployment and post-launch support.
Senior Software Engineer, Android
Mimos Berhard
Kuala lumpur
06.2013 - 06.2014
- Devised documentation for each app, detailing operation aspects, functions, capabilities and features.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Jenkins and working to improve overall team performance.
- Employed JUnit framework to perform unit tests.
- Practiced and encouraged respectful and transparent communication in interactions.
- Used third-party libraries, custom libraries and APIs to develop new applications.
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
Senior Software Engineer
Renault Nissan Technology And Business Center
Chennai
06.2011 - 06.2013
- Single Point of contact for Apps that were deployed on the enterprise App store for vehicle infotainment system R-LInk
- Created many POCs for future applications to find feasibility.
- Coding more than 10 applications for this device.
- Engine status and location based services which are easily extended and adaptable for the child application using these libraries that improves faster development time from the team.
- 'Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
- Worked on Large scale Vehicle Infotainment systems to deploy applications OTF.
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
- Practiced and encouraged respectful and transparent communication in interactions.
- Identified and documented project changes with proactive budget oversight.
- Designed enhancements and updates for subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked and Internet-based platforms.
- Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
03.2007 - 06.2011
- Planned computer systems using information engineering, data modeling, and structured analysis.
- Installed system updates to address vulnerabilities and reduce security issues.
- Enhanced interfaces to promote better functionality for users.
- Improved systems with addition of new features and infrastructure.
- Reviewed technical work of consultants and third-party support providers.
- Worked on high scale, Voip on android and deployed on Play store.
- Enabling SIP and RTP with proper SDP parsing.
SIP user registration on every interval of 3 minutes. So as to establish a constant connection with SIP server. - Location based services using the current location and suggesting the Tubaloo local number for the particular
location. - Designed Content providers to maintain user management across any application in android.
UI and Front-End design.
Education
Master of Science - Data Science & Machine Learning
John Moore's University
Liverpool 09.2021 - 06.2022
Post Graduate Diploma - Data Science & Machine Learning
Indian Institute of Information Technology
Bengaluru 09.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
SSN College of Engineerign
Chennai 05.2003 - 05.2006
Diploma - Computer Science
Bharath Polytechnic
Chennai 05.2000 - 05.2003
Skills
Product development
undefinedTimeline
Master of Science - Data Science & Machine Learning
John Moore's University
09.2021 - 06.2022
Post Graduate Diploma - Data Science & Machine Learning
Indian Institute of Information Technology
09.2020 - 05.2021
Sotware Engineering Manager
Carousell Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - Current
Android, Technology Specialist
Coforge Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 05.2019
Android, Lead Engineer
Carlist.my Pvt Ltd
06.2014 - 06.2016
Senior Software Engineer, Android
Mimos Berhard
06.2013 - 06.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Renault Nissan Technology And Business Center
06.2011 - 06.2013
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2007 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
SSN College of Engineerign
05.2003 - 05.2006
Diploma - Computer Science
Bharath Polytechnic
05.2000 - 05.2003
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