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Saurabh Verma

Experienced Engineering Leader with over 10 years of expertise in product development, technology transformation, agile methodologies, team building, KPI establishment, and high-level design.

Proficient in Ruby, Java, and relational databases, REST APIs, javascript. Actively involved in design reviews, requirement assessments, platform API definition, system integration, and application monitoring using tools like Kibana, Splunk, Google Analytics, and Tableau.

Currently, I hold a leadership role at Groupon, overseeing the development of the Merchant Platform and Merchant Mobile app. My focus lies in enhancing merchant self-service capabilities, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and simplifying services. By implementing robust project management methodologies, streamlining processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, I have significantly boosted team productivity and project success rates. Moreover, I am dedicated to mentoring and nurturing team members to foster their professional growth and maintain a cohesive and motivated team environment

  • Role

    Eng Manager & CoffeeScript Developer

  • Years of Experience

    13.67 years

Skillsets

  • Mongo
  • Transformations
  • Teamwork
  • SQL
  • Scrum
  • Ruby
  • Recruitment
  • Python
  • NoSQL
  • MySQL
  • Agile
  • Leadership
  • Jira
  • Jenkins
  • Java
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • Git
  • Dropwizard
  • Docker
  • Asana

Professional Summary

13.67Years
  • Sep, 2023 - Present2 yr 7 months

    Engineering Manager

    Capillary Technologies
  • Aug, 2021 - Aug, 20232 yr

    Engineering Manager

    Groupon
  • Apr, 2021 - Aug, 2021 4 months

    Senior Software Engineer at Groupon

    Groupon
  • Jan, 2012 - Jun, 2012 5 months

    Internee-Software Development

  • Dec, 2012 - Mar, 20185 yr 3 months

    Software Developer-I/II

    Groupon
  • Mar, 2018 - Apr, 20213 yr 1 month

    SDE III

    Groupon

Applications & Tools Known

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    IntelliJ IDEA

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    MySQL

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    NoSQL

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    Docker

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    Git

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    Jenkins

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    Asana

Work History

13.67Years

Engineering Manager

Capillary Technologies
Sep, 2023 - Present2 yr 7 months
    Lead the development of Loyalty offerings (Coupons, Badges, Rewards, Promotions) with a focus on delivering robust single-tenant experiences within a scalable multi-tenant platform. Manage 25-30 engineers across three teams, driving platform stability (99.998% uptime, over 99% success for automation), scalability, and engineering excellence. Directed multiple platform migrations for high-priority brand go-lives, overseeing stakeholder engagement, project planning, observability setup, and load testing. Cultivated a strong engineering culture to enhance cross-team collaboration, productivity, and technical rigor. Championed AI-driven automation and innovation across engineering functions, fostering collaboration across teams. Led product and strategic planning, detailed requirements scoping, and ensured high-quality, high-availability releases with day-one regression coverage. Owned technical debt identification, prioritization, and resolution to enable continuous delivery improvements. Spearheaded hiring efforts across multiple roles and provided mentorship for team development and growth. Managed team OKRs, conducted regular 1:1s, and led performance cycles including appraisals, calibrations, and promotions.

Engineering Manager

Groupon
Aug, 2021 - Aug, 20232 yr

Senior Software Engineer at Groupon

Groupon
Apr, 2021 - Aug, 2021 4 months

SDE III

Groupon
Mar, 2018 - Apr, 20213 yr 1 month

Software Developer-I/II

Groupon
Dec, 2012 - Mar, 20185 yr 3 months
    Developed scalable solutions and contributed to the Unity project, unifying the backend platform for customer support tools across multiple regions. Created a Support Ticketing Service from scratch in Ruby on Rails, enabling efficient communication history management across various contact channels.

Internee-Software Development

Jan, 2012 - Jun, 2012 5 months

Achievements

  • Recognized in Groupon Hackathon-2023 for building an OCR Automation tool to improve merchant supply.
  • Commended for developing a chatbot POC and exploring external options (AWS Connect, Zendesk Sunco).
  • Significantly minimized cloud costs for the merchant platform by implementing cost optimization measures.

Major Projects

3Projects

OCR Automation Tool

    Developed an OCR Automation tool to improve merchant supply.

AI Hackathon Project

    Built JIRA Ticket Creation via slack thread dedup check and resolution.

Chatbot POC

    Explored options related to AWS Connect and Zendesk Sunco, creating chatbots.

Education

  • Master of Computer Applications

    National Institute of Technology, Trichy (2012)
  • Bachelor of Computer Applications

    T.M.I.M.T, Moradabad (2009)