Accomplished engineering leader renowned for problem-solving acumen, strategic prowess, and adaptive leadership in the dynamic retail sector. With a rich background spanning 17 years, brings a blend of hands-on engineering expertise, unwavering passion, and a relentless drive to tackle intricate customer challenges head-on. Experience encompasses the development of web-scale applications, including REST APIs, reactive web apps, and sophisticated data processing pipelines leveraging reactive streams and big data frameworks. Additionally, possesses 9 years of specialized expertise in search technology, with a comprehensive understanding of designing robust search solutions—from advanced querying and faceting to spellcheck, suggestion, and ML-based relevancy tuning. Proficiency extends to complex data augmentation for search indexing, as well as architecting SOLR deployment strategies, performance tuning, KPI tracking, and business performance optimizations. Furthermore, significant experience in building recommendation platforms that utilize ML-based solutions to construct hyper-personalized recommendation engines, elevating customer experiences to unprecedented levels of customization. Over 5 years, demonstrated exceptional leadership capabilities, adeptly building and nurturing high-performing teams, providing mentorship, and orchestrating the successful delivery of multiple high-impact customer experiences.