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Ashish Naidu

Ashish Naidu

Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience, including 6+ years in management, building and scaling high-performance teams at Flipkart, PropertyGuru, and UPGrad. Expertise in leading end-to-end product development, designing scalable, low-latency systems, and aligning engineering strategies with business goals to drive growth. Skilled in microservices architecture, system design, cloud platforms (Google Cloud, AWS), and Kubernetes. Proficient in Agile frameworks and CI/CD, ensuring efficient development cycles and high-quality releases. Strong collaborator with global teams and stakeholders, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement through mentorship and initiatives like hackathons.

  • Role

    Head of Engineering

  • Years of Experience

    16 years

Skillsets

  • AWS - 2 Years
  • Docker - 4 Years
  • MicroServices - 10 Years
  • Mean Stack - 12 Years
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools - 1 Years
  • Leadership & Team Scaling - 6 Years
  • SaaS/PaaS Platform - 5 Years
  • AU or UK market - 2 Years

Professional Summary

16Years
  • May, 2023 - Present1 yr 10 months

    Head of Engineering

    PropertyGuru Technologies Pvt Ltd.
  • May, 2022 - Feb, 2023 9 months

    Director of Engineering

    upGrad Education Pvt Ltd
  • Aug, 2018 - Apr, 20223 yr 8 months

    Sr. Engineering Manager

    Flipkart Pvt. Ltd
  • Sep, 2012 - Aug, 20152 yr 11 months

    Software Engineer/Associate

    Golman Sach
  • Aug, 2015 - Mar, 2016 7 months

    Software Developer II

    Ola Cabs
  • Apr, 2017 - Aug, 20181 yr 4 months

    Principal Consultant

    Oracle India
  • Oct, 2010 - Sep, 20121 yr 11 months

    Consultant

    Ciber Global (Formerly Cibersites India Pvt Ltd)
  • Mar, 2008 - Aug, 20102 yr 5 months

    SSE

    Verismo networks

Applications & Tools Known

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    Google Cloud

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    AWS

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    Kubernetes

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    GCP

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    Android

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    IOS

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    Node.js

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    React

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    Google Big Query

Work History

16Years

Head of Engineering

PropertyGuru Technologies Pvt Ltd.
May, 2023 - Present1 yr 10 months
    Leadership and Team Management: Directed 50+ engineers across locations for data and software solutions; built 30% of the team from scratch. Technical Excellence and Re-Architecture: Spearheaded a new architecture, improving performance and scalability by 40% and leading 30% of re-architecture efforts. Strategic Collaboration: Defined and executed technical roadmaps with product management and stakeholders, aligning with business objectives. Process Optimization: Implemented Agile and Lean methodologies, reducing deployment times by 60% and increasing release frequency. Mentorship and Development: Mentored engineering managers and senior engineers; conducted reviews and developed growth plans. Diversity and Inclusion: Led initiatives for a 20% increase in team diversity and fostered an inclusive work environment. Core Business Lines: Managed five core business lines, aligning engineering strategies with strategic goals for high-impact projects. Oversaw the complete DSS product line. Technical Achievements: Microservices Transformation: Reduced latency to 250 ms, increased uptime to 99.90%, cut feature development time by 40%, and achieved 70% automation with multiple weekly releases. Tech Stack Optimization: Updated to latest standards.

Director of Engineering

upGrad Education Pvt Ltd
May, 2022 - Feb, 2023 9 months
    Leadership and Team Management: Led 40+ engineers across multiple locations for Learn Management System development; built 50% of the team from scratch. Technical Excellence and Re-Architecture: Improved system performance and scalability by 70% with new architecture; led 50% of re-architecture efforts for core business systems. Strategic Collaboration: Partnered with product management and stakeholders to define and execute technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives. Process Optimization: Streamlined processes using Agile and Lean methodologies, cutting deployment times by 60% and increasing release frequency. Mentorship and Development: Mentored engineering managers and senior engineers, conducted performance reviews, and developed growth plans. Core Business Lines: Managed key initiatives, including a Learn Management System supporting 90% of business operations; oversaw the majority of the Business Unit. Technical Achievements: Cloud Migration: Led migration from Data Center to AWS, enhancing reliability and performance. Microservices Transformation: Reduced latency to 200 ms, increased uptime to 99.90%, scaled to 200k RPM, reduced feature development time by 60%, and achieved 80% automation with multiple daily releases. Tech Stack Optimization: Updated tech stack to latest standards.

Sr. Engineering Manager

Flipkart Pvt. Ltd
Aug, 2018 - Apr, 20223 yr 8 months
    Leadership and Team Management: Led 35+ engineers for Flip kart Air System, achieving 99.95% uptime and developing core components. Technical Excellence and Re-Architecture: Improved system performance and scalability by 80% with new architecture and modernized core systems. Customer Focus: Collaborated with product management and stakeholders to deliver features and enhancements. Process Improvement: Increased productivity by 65% and reduced time-to-market for key projects. Mentorship and Growth: Guided career development through performance reviews and growth plans. Core Business Lines: Managed key initiatives, including Air Travel supporting 90% of business operations; oversaw the majority of the Business Unit. Technical Achievements: Cloud Migration: Led migration to GCP Kubernetes for improved reliability and performance. Microservices Transformation: Reduced latency to 200 ms, increased uptime to 99.95%, scaled to 4M RPM, cut development time by 80%, and achieved 90% automation with multiple daily releases. Tech Stack: Updated to latest technologies.

Principal Consultant

Oracle India
Apr, 2017 - Aug, 20181 yr 4 months
    DaaS (Core Product Oracle Data Cloud) Re-Architecture & Design of the existing software system. Data as a Service (DaaS) is a revolutionary new service that gives you unprecedented levels of connection to customers. Oracle Data Cloud DaaS offeringspowered by Oracle ID Graphbring together the largest array of data-driven solutions teams can integrate better customer data for a competitive advantage.

Software Developer II

Ola Cabs
Aug, 2015 - Mar, 2016 7 months
    Driver Incentive Automation, Payment and Summary API Incentive Automation v2.0 is a product to automate the manual processing of incentive payment to drivers. Which includes complex and dynamic incentive scheme to be applied to incentive payments to the drivers.

Software Engineer/Associate

Golman Sach
Sep, 2012 - Aug, 20152 yr 11 months
    UCM (Universal Configuration Management)-Phase-1 & Phase-2 UCM (Universal Configuration Management) is a platform configuration management service. As part of a platform management and dynamic computing efforts, UCM Modules and configures the firms computing resources while ensuring enforcement and compliance. Architecture & Design of the new UCM module.

Consultant

Ciber Global (Formerly Cibersites India Pvt Ltd)
Oct, 2010 - Sep, 20121 yr 11 months
    AAA Bing WS (Project Enhancement) This is basically a Enhance the application using Bing WS instead of kivera Map. Bing D/2000 Emergency Road Service system is one of the applications used by the dispatcher in AAA. In this application there is an option to view the truck and the call details on the map where the dispatcher can easily track the status and map the calls to a particular truck.

SSE

Verismo networks
Mar, 2008 - Aug, 20102 yr 5 months

Achievements

  • Spearheaded initiatives and managed business lines at top-tier companies
  • Led major technology projects, launching large-scale products
  • Designed, developed, and maintained low-latency, highly distributed systems
  • Managed geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders
  • Organized Hackathons and Innovation Weeks
  • Managed core business responsibilities and B2B and B2C operations
  • Established and developed teams from inception, leading talent management initiatives for technical teams

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering

    R.G.P.V