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Biru Kumar

Results-driven engineering leader with 13 years of experience in software development and engineering management. Proven track record in building and scaling high-performing teams, architecting scalable systems, and driving technical innovation in fast-paced startup environments. Adept at optimizing processes and enhancing system performance. Passionate about creating a collaborative and growth-oriented work culture.
  • Role

    VP of Engineering

  • Years of Experience

    14.1 years

Skillsets

  • Technical decision-making
  • Perl
  • RabbitMQ
  • react
  • React Native
  • Redis
  • Selenium
  • SQL
  • Strategic Planning
  • TDD
  • Team building
  • Oozie
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Python
  • Django
  • Flask
  • Google Cloud
  • Engineering Management
  • C
  • AWS
  • React.js
  • CI/CD
  • Java
  • Python
  • Django
  • Flask
  • AWS
  • Agile
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apollo
  • Azure
  • Cassandra
  • JavaScript
  • Elasticsearch
  • Falcon
  • GCP
  • GraphQL
  • Hadoop
  • Kubernetes
  • Mentoring
  • MongoDB
  • Node.js

Professional Summary

14.1Years
  • Jan, 2023 - Present3 yr 2 months

    VP of Engineering

    BetterHalf
  • Jun, 2021 - Dec, 20221 yr 6 months

    Senior Director of Engineering

    BetterHalf
  • Feb, 2020 - May, 20211 yr 3 months

    Associate Director of Engineering

    LIDO Technologies
  • Jul, 2011 - May, 20142 yr 10 months

    Software Engineer

    CA Technologies
  • May, 2014 - Nov, 20195 yr 6 months

    Senior Software Engineer

    InMobi
  • Nov, 2019 - Feb, 2020 3 months

    Founding Member

    Hansel

Work History

14.1Years

VP of Engineering

BetterHalf
Jan, 2023 - Present3 yr 2 months
    Became part of the decision-making team for the overall company strategy and further expanded the engineering team by hiring 10 more engineers, bringing the total to 25. Optimized recommendation process, reducing the time from 36 hours to 2 hours, enabling multiple daily runs. Fostered a collaborative culture promoting continuous learning and innovation among engineers. Led the transition from AWS to a multi-cloud environment leveraging GCP, achieving significant cost savings. Oversaw the development of new verticals, including Astrological Features and Wedding Division, enhancing product offerings.

Senior Director of Engineering

BetterHalf
Jun, 2021 - Dec, 20221 yr 6 months
    Built and scaled the engineering team from 4 to 15 engineers, ensuring alignment with company goals and culture fit. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines, transitioning from manual deployment to automated Kubernetes cluster deployment. Scaled the application to handle a 3x load increase, improving app response time by 50%. Added redundancy and monitoring systems, significantly enhancing system reliability and performance.

Associate Director of Engineering

LIDO Technologies
Feb, 2020 - May, 20211 yr 3 months
    Led a team of 10 engineers, providing architectural guidance and ensuring high-quality, timely feature delivery. Developed key consumer-facing features such as Student Dashboard, Leaderboard, and Personalized Homework. Contributed to architecture discussions, introducing new functionalities like parent-teacher meetings and teacher reports.

Founding Member

Hansel
Nov, 2019 - Feb, 2020 3 months
    Built backend systems from scratch, scaling the product to 500k RPM. Managed hiring, mentoring, and leading backend teams, focusing on infrastructure, security, and cost efficiency.

Senior Software Engineer

InMobi
May, 2014 - Nov, 20195 yr 6 months
    Developed and maintained user pipeline processing big data from various colos, supporting ad targeting efforts. Implemented Hadoop Map-Reduce architecture for data processing and automated the pipeline framework.

Software Engineer

CA Technologies
Jul, 2011 - May, 20142 yr 10 months
    Developed Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions, integrating Service Desk with CEM. Automated testing using Selenium, enhancing software reliability and performance.

Education

  • Bachelor of Technology in ECE

    International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) (2011)