Mohammed Wajahat Ali Siddiqui
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Engineering Manager & Solutions Architect with over a decade of experience building and scaling platforms, leading globally distributed teams, and driving AI-powered transformation across e-commerce, IoT, and mobile domains. Proven track record in unifying legacy systems into cloud-native architectures, accelerating time-to-market, and delivering measurable ROI (+15% GP30, +18% discoverability, 90%+ adoption). Known for execution excellence — consistently delivering large-scale projects ahead of schedule with zero blocker issues, including AI Deal Generation, Deal Creation Tool (DCT), and mission-critical IoT platforms. Adept at bridging product vision with technical strategy, enabling automation-first workflows, and scaling distributed systems with resilience and efficiency. Passionate about designing intelligent, high-impact architectures that redefine digital commerce and shape the future of AI-driven platforms.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Software Engineering II & Solutions Architect - DCT & AIDG
Groupon
Bangalore
02.2025 - Current
- Managed a team of >12 engineers & QA to architect the Deal Creation Tool (DCT), consolidating 3 legacy systems → 90%+ adoption across NA/EMEA.
- Delivered multiple high-impact DCT features — Buyer Min/Max, Multi-Voucher, Salesforce approval flows, and live deal edits — driving 18% better discoverability and 60% faster deal setup
- Spearheaded AI Deal Generation (AIDG) (Next.js frontend + Encore backend) → reduced deal creation time by 60%, improving GP30 by 15%.
- Optimized AI preview pipeline: image processing 120s → 2.5s; preview 180s → 40s, boosting efficiency.
- Achieved top KPI scores: 46.01/50 (Q1’25), 49/50 (Q2’25).
Manager, Software Engineering II - Goods Platform
Groupon
Bangalore
11.2023 - 02.2025
- Led a globally distributed team of 5 engineers across India, Europe, and US; maintained sprint velocity up to 123% and productivity 75-146%.
- Rolled out 2FA security features across Goods CI/Gateway, cutting account compromises by 90-95% and achieving 60%+ adoption in 6 months.
- Designed and launched Goods Marketplace API; onboarded 1000+ merchants and achieved 95% latency reduction (PATCH 2m→4s, GET 5s→600ms) - Onboarded Groupon Developer portal
- Migrated SFTP to GCP (Filemage + Terraform), reducing infra spend per instance $150->$10/month. Cut infra costs 70% YoY AWS→GCP cloud migrations (Redis, ElasticCache cleanup, decommissions); delivered $2.7M/year savings via Salesforce-native ticketing.
Development Team Lead - Goods Engineering
Groupon
Bangalore
08.2022 - 11.2023
- Owned post-purchase funnel (supply, fulfillment, shipping, invoicing, payments) with 24×7 reliability.
- Ensured seamless peak readiness
- Scaled systems for 2.5x traffic load during Black Friday/Cyber Monday with >>99.9% uptime.
- Served as Scrum Master, driving agile planning, retrospectives, and delivery with a compact 4-member team.
Software Development Engineer III - Deal Catalog & Goods
Groupon
Bangalore
04.2019 - 08.2022
- Migrated Goods CI from Python 2.7 OnPrem → AWS Cloud, modernizing infra without business disruption.
- Scaled systems to sustain 2.5x traffic spikes with >>99.9% uptime.
- Built next-gen Deals & Merchandising services, enabling faster sync, deal tagging, and campaign launches.
Chief Engineer - IoT
Samsung Electronics
Bangalore
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Architected Smart Building (IoT) microservices using Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
- Developed energy management automation, reducing HVAC energy use while maximizing comfort.
- Integrated the Samsung Artik 710 and Artik Cloud to enable smart air purification modules on OCP platform; this system has been integrated with the Starbucks client.
Technical Lead - Samsung Internet Browser
Samsung Research Institute
Bangalore
09.2012 - 03.2017
- Led end-to-end development of Samsung Internet Browser v1-v5, shipped on millions of Galaxy devices.
- Built features (Multi-Tab, Save Pages, HTML5 Notifications, Web Printing); optimized rendering with custom LRU caching.
- Contributed 20+ patches to Chromium/WebKit and streamlined rebases with upstream Chromium.
Software Engineer - C++/Chromium/WebKit
Motorola Mobility Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
- Developed Mondrian UI Framework for Android Honeycomb tablet browser.
- Contributed to WebKit.org; supported browser commercialization on Motorola Droid & Milestone.
Software Engineer
Azingo Ltd
Hyderabad
- Developed WebKit-based browser stack for LiMo OS, including Request Manager, Feed Manager, RSS/Atom Reader.
- Ported browser across Qualcomm & ZOOM2 boards; contributed fixes to WebKit open source.
Education
M.Tech. - Computer Science
University of Hyderabad
B.E. - Information Technology
Osmania University
Skills
- System Design Microservices, Event-Driven, Cloud-Native, API-First, Distributed Systems
- Cloud & Platforms AWS, GCP, Encorets, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Languages & Frameworks Java, Spring Boot, Python, Django, TypeScript/JavaScript, Encore, Drizzle, Nextjs, C
- Databases PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB
- Automation & Tools MCP Server, Langsmith, ChatGPT, Claude Sonnet, CodeRabbitai, Cursorai, Warpai, Figma, Whimsical, Lovableai, GitHub, CI/CD, ElasticCache, Grafana, Wavefront, Apache Kafka, Jira/Asana Automation
Accomplishments
- Quaterly Award Groupon Feb '25
- Designed and launched the high-performance Goods Marketplace API, successfully onboarding 200+ merchants significantly accelerating merchant onboarding and system responsiveness.
- Star Performer Groupon Oct '22
- Groupon Cloud Transformation Award – Recognized as Goods Service SME and driving force behind the most complex cloud migration, solving critical business issues and reducing KTLO workload by 50%+, while ensuring stability and scalability of merchant platforms.
- Spot Award Samsung Electronics Sep '17
- For developing complex requirements in energy analysis module for smart building IoT solution
- Employee of the Month Samsung Electronics Apr '14
- Samsung Internet Innovation Award – Reduced Chromium rebase effort by designing modular classes, and boosted performance by implementing IconFetcher with LRU caching, enabling timely commercialization across millions of Galaxy devices.
Timeline
Manager, Software Engineering II & Solutions Architect - DCT & AIDG
Groupon
02.2025 - Current
Manager, Software Engineering II - Goods Platform
Groupon
11.2023 - 02.2025
Development Team Lead - Goods Engineering
Groupon
08.2022 - 11.2023
Software Development Engineer III - Deal Catalog & Goods
Groupon
04.2019 - 08.2022
Chief Engineer - IoT
Samsung Electronics
04.2017 - 04.2019
Technical Lead - Samsung Internet Browser
Samsung Research Institute
09.2012 - 03.2017
Software Engineer - C++/Chromium/WebKit
Motorola Mobility Pvt Ltd
Software Engineer
Azingo Ltd
B.E. - Information Technology
Osmania University
M.Tech. - Computer Science
University of Hyderabad