Java
Karan Tewari
Sr. Director Of Engineering | Lead Technology
Santiago, Chile,RM
Summary
Results & Data driven software engineering leader with close to 11 years of experience. Comprehensive experience in building Microservices and event driven applications, Cloud services and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Transform & influence business direction using Thought leadership encompassing Technology, People & processes to achieve faster time to market & higher efficiency.
Have built high performing teams and led large-scale Enterprise Agile projects in a global distributed delivery mode to deliver highly scalable solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
3
3
Years of management experience
Work History
Sr. Director of Engineering
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
Santiago, Region Metropolitana
12.2020 - Current
- Leading an engineering department for Digital Retail Platform that is responsible for all e-Commerce applications & future Store apps
- Technical leadership for company to effectively steer strategic plans and future projects
- Provide technical guidance & implementation strategies to engineering teams and actively involved in building new products, identifying requirements and setting timelines
- Responsible for Platform's end to end Operations, Development & Reliability
- Hiring and building a high performance distributed team across Chile & India
- Strong driver & believer of innovation and experimentation
- Managing stakeholders across different verticals
Director of Engineering
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
Santiago, Region Metropolitana
10.2018 - 11.2020
- Lead a company wide program "Catalyst" to build a new age platform for digital channels of the Falabella group
- Architect and plan how to better solve the Software Development issues problems using cloud native technologies & application development.
- Designing frameworks for continuous integration & delivery to implement Products/Services/apps from Planning a requirement to releasing in Production.
- Managing stakeholders across the business verticals to handle the program expectations & negotiations.
- Line manager of all my teams and run 1:1 with all my direct reports
Lead Solutions Architect
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
Santiago, Region Metropolitana
12.2016 - 09.2018
- Presented roadmap and technology blueprint, demonstrating deep familiarity with APIs, platform infrastructure, security and integration capabilities.
- Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development using Java, Javascript & relational databases following agile development practices.
- Led a team of Architects on e-Commerce from around the world (US, India, China, Venezuela, Argentina & Sweden) who led different projects and day to day operational activities
- Worked with teams to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
Tech Lead & Solution Architect
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
Santiago, Region Metropolitana
03.2014 - 11.2016
- Responsible for eCommerce applications Architectural design, Solution Design and estimates, release planning and code reviews
- Identify the performance bottlenecks in Production systems by reviewing metrics and system-health thereby generating improvements along with technical solutions
- Development of complex capabilities using Oracle ATG Commerce platform while working on Commerce, Fulfillment , Content Administration, Messaging systems and Search capabilities.
- Mentor team members (developers) to acquire more knowledge whilst growing into a more senior role
- Involved in end to end systems implementation - CDN, DNS, Security Firewalls, Proxies, Load Balancers, Application, Cache and Database.
E-Commerce Consultant
Publicis Sapient
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Involved in developing an online solution for a Swedish Retail Client - ICA. Solution is based on Oracle ATG & Endeca Search
- Have been involved in development of modules like Product Catalog, payment integration, navigation flows.
- Collaborated with other developers in the project to ensure successful project deliverables within stipulated time.
Senior Software Developer
Accenture Services Private Limited
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
10.2011 - 09.2013
- Developed databases, programs and processes for integration and implementation across enterprise using platforms such as Oracle ATG Commerce.
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
- Implemented SEO & Friendly URL, web (Google) & social analytics (Gigya)
- Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code.
- Designed and documented systems based on results of analysis.
Software Developer
Accenture Services Private Limited
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
06.2010 - 10.2011
- Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality. Worked with J2EE, Documentum & Spring framework, JSP,AJAX, JQuery,XML.
- Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function prior to release.
- Documented all software specific details in technical manuals to be used by business users for troubleshooting..
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics
Amity University
India 06.2006 - 05.2010
Skills
Engineering software expertise
Accomplishments
- Led a Transformational Project - Catalyst across the company with more than 15 teams, 120 Developers, 2 business units across 7 countries.
- Supervised team of 55 staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 40 Developers in the development of Redesign Project.
Software
C
Javascript
Work Availability
monday
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Quote
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill
Timeline
Sr. Director of Engineering
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
12.2020 - Current
Director of Engineering
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
10.2018 - 11.2020
Lead Solutions Architect
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
12.2016 - 09.2018
Tech Lead & Solution Architect
Falabella Tecnologia Corporativa
03.2014 - 11.2016
E-Commerce Consultant
Publicis Sapient
09.2013 - 03.2014
Senior Software Developer
Accenture Services Private Limited
10.2011 - 09.2013
Software Developer
Accenture Services Private Limited
06.2010 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics
Amity University
06.2006 - 05.2010
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