Anandkiran Gurrala
Seattle,WA
Summary
15 Years of experience in Engineering which includes ~6 Years as Engineering leader and an excellent track record of building, architecting and delivering highly reliable and scalable systems / software across a variety of domains and technologies, such as voice, e-commerce, financial systems, educational. Currently working as a Software Development Manager for Alexa Voice Services at Amazon, Seattle.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Manager
Amazon.Inc
Seattle, WA
12.2014 - Current
- Currently leading technical team, with total strength of 10 developers building Alexa experience across third party devices like TVs.
- Strategic partnership with Product, UX, BI, CS, Security, Privacy, Legal & Marketing drove ground up development and launched Experience in the TV segment for partners like Samsung. This increased over all customer engagement 30% also seen 6% increase in new customers.
- Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, technical direction on building highly customer focused and large scale software components, overseeing agile software development process, working with various stakeholders (PM, TPM, UX, Business/Operations Leads) on requirement/design/integration of software components, addressing customer issues/escalations and providing production support to existing systems.
- Actively involved and lead product, technical architecture, strategic and executive leadership planning decisions for group, including customer and partner engagements that fuel product adoption and help build long term strategy for product.
- Expertise and strength in hiring, leading and growing talent within teams, and help build vision that facilitates organizational growth. Strong experience improving existing software as well as building new ones that impact bottom-line.
- Prior to Alexa, lead multiple technical teams of software developers in planning, directing, executing and overseeing entire software development process within Amazon Physical Stores, Amazon Photos and Amazon Student teams at Amazon.
- Led, designed, developed and delivered valuable and business critical solutions, including highly available and efficient device lab for Amazon Physical Stores team which widely used by engineering, product and marketing teams.
- Drove innovation of building in-house robotic solution for device lab which helped in reducing setup cost by 97%.
- Mentored and coached engineers & managers that lead to promotion of 3 senior engineers and 2 mid-senior engineers.
- High focus on operational excellence & innovation, drove storage and compute optimization with $5M+ cost savings
Senior Test Engineer
Groupon
Chennai, TN
05.2014 - 11.2014
- Defined and tracked test results, defect counts and performance discrepancies.
- Translated product drawings into workable schematics, verifying proper adherence to standards.
- Trained junior testers in company standards, testing protocols and testing software.
- Researched and acquired extant testing frameworks to speed quality assurance timeframes.
Senior Software Engineer
Envestnet Yodlee
Benguluru, KA
11.2012 - 05.2014
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in [Area of expertise] and working to improve overall team performance.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
Senior Software Engineer
Scantron Corporation
Chennai, TN
10.2010 - 10.2012
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
Associate Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
Chennai, TN
11.2007 - 09.2010
- Teamed with business analysts to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, India06.2007
Skills
- More than 5 years of technical management experience in softwaredevelopment/maintenance, working with stakeholders across geographiesto build product vision and roadmap
- Strong experience in recruiting,strategic planning, performance and project management, includingmentoring/coaching other managers
- Design/Process:OOAD, Design Patterns, SDLC: Agile methodology, Scrum framework (Scrum Master& Product Owner roles) and traditional waterfall
Additional Information
- Personal Details Date of Birth October 10, 1983 Marital Status Married
Timeline
Software Development Manager
Amazon.Inc
12.2014 - Current
Senior Test Engineer
Groupon
05.2014 - 11.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Envestnet Yodlee
11.2012 - 05.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Scantron Corporation
10.2010 - 10.2012
Associate Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
11.2007 - 09.2010
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Anna University