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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Accomplishments
Interests
Software
Timeline
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VIMAL KUMAR R

Principal Software Engineer
Chennai,TN
VIMAL KUMAR R

Summary

Seasoned principal software engineer with 14+ years experience in helping engineering teams produce superior products. Expertise in large scale engineering transformations, designing and developing web applications at scale. Applies both deep technical knowledge of programming languages and exceptional interpersonal skills to heighten software development quality and throughput. Specialized in delivering highly efficient solutions for complex engineering problems. Veteran of organizing diverse skillsets to maximize deliverables while adhering to strict deadlines. Stickler for code discipline, building re-usable libraries & efficient microservices.

Overview

14
years of professional experience
4
Languages

Work History

Lowe's India

Principal Software Engineer
5 2023 - 5 2024

Job overview

  • One of the key architect's in transforming legacy WMS monolith into modern microservices (an initiative called MySCRV ).
  • Critical reviewer of complex system design using ADR's.
  • Maximized system uptime through proactive identification of potential issues using advanced monitoring tools and rapid resolution of incidents.
  • Setting/Achieving engineering goals on top of business outcomes to ensure product stability.
  • Leading/Mentoring multiple product teams in parallel in achieving engineering excellence .
  • Known actor in grooming skillsets of individuals and thereby improving overall team efficiency.
  • Collaboration with product/business/engineering teams in tandem to achieve product goals.
  • Building common engineering solutions to be leveraged by multiple product/engineering teams.
  • Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
  • Unified efforts of disparate engineering and design teams by applying collaborative software review processes .

Lowe's India

Lead Software Engineer
11.2020 - 5 2023

Job overview

  • Built a team in Lowe's supply chain from scratch (MySCRV Receiving) and leading to successful MVP delivery in 9 months
  • Team aimed at building a modern receiving solution for receiving consignments in Lowe's warehouse across US
  • Played an important hand in building Lowe's Canada store's team and leading the team to successful delivery in 8 months
  • Canada store's team focused on modernizing stores user experience (MRV) and thereby moving out of legacy monolith that was being used
  • Leading multiple engineering teams to successful on-time deliveries
  • Advocate of following good engineering practices, achieving engineering benchmarks while using all latest technologies.

Target Corporation

Lead Software Engineer
06.2018 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Lead Engineer for the Campaign Marketplace (Cerebro) engineering team, one of the first team to be built under Target's billion-dollar marketing platform - Roundel
  • Aimed at building internal tools used in planning efficient ad campaigns in advance and driving top-line growth for Target
  • Team focused on utilizing historical campaign data to build future campaigns with accurate predictability and efficiency in creating/delivering digital media campaigns using most sought-after industry standards and cutting-edge open-source technologies
  • Built team from scratch, started the system design and development from scratch and delivered a successful product.

Target Corporation

Senior Software Engineer
03.2016 - 06.2018

Job overview

  • Senior engineer in Cerebro, one of the leading internal tools used in Target's marketing platform (Roundel)
  • Involved in hiring new members for the team and building the product from ground up
  • Senior member of the cloud engineering team of Cartwheel (Evolved as Target Circle )
  • Cartwheel was one the leading e-commerce loyalty-based gamified mobile app in the US
  • Team focused on transforming a monolith web/mobile application into a more cloud friendly microservices architecture by using most sought-after industry tools and technologies.

Best Buy (TCS)

Senior ATG/Java Developer
02.2013 - 02.2016

Job overview

  • Senior member of several web engineering teams including Search, Profile product teams
  • Focused in developing innovative consumer facing web products with a technology platform aimed at providing rejuvenating the customer experience
  • Involved in transforming a decade old legacy system using modern Agile practices and tech-stack.

Tata Consultancy Services

Java Developer
02.2010 - 02.2013

Job overview

  • Active Member and Module Lead of the Web Engineering team (ISOMetrix) that developed a TCS internal web portal for leadership
  • Product focused on data analysis and predicted vital organizational metrics from current and past revenue, headcount and effort
  • Aimed at eliminating manual process to a maximum extent and provide leadership with an easy and sensible GUI to view reports and analytics.

Education

Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Anna University
Chennai, IN

B.Tech (Information Technology)
08.2005 - 2009.05

University Overview

Skills

Java / Kotlin / Groovy / Python

Websites

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Recipient of "Yearly top performer award" for 2 consecutive years.
  • ACE certified Principal Engineer (Engineering excellence program to groom leads into leadership roles)

Interests

Interests
  • Problem Solving (Puzzles / Riddles / Programs)
  • Ardent sports(Any) fan
  • Cooking
  • Drama/Thriller Movies/TV Shows
  • Stocks & Trading
  • Current Affairs

Software

Technical Mentoring

Strong Basics

Code discipline

Consensus Builder

Result-Oriented

Oral and written communications

Detail Oriented

Timeline

Lead Software Engineer
Lowe's India
11.2020 - 5 2023
Lead Software Engineer
Target Corporation
06.2018 - 09.2020
Senior Software Engineer
Target Corporation
03.2016 - 06.2018
Senior ATG/Java Developer
Best Buy (TCS)
02.2013 - 02.2016
Java Developer
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2010 - 02.2013
Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Anna University
B.Tech (Information Technology)
08.2005 - 2009.05
Principal Software Engineer
Lowe's India
5 2023 - 5 2024

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VIMAL KUMAR RPrincipal Software Engineer