Rakesh Chanagundi
Austin,TX
Summary
Adaptable Sr. Software Engineering Manager keen to wrangle multiple simultaneous projects into streamlined, cohesive and profitable efforts. Firm believer in holistic and collaborative management strategies. Thrives on providing exceptional oversight and hands-on guidance guaranteed to improve throughput figures and quality metrics.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Software Engineering Manager
Harman International Industries Inc
2022.03 - Current
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate Android System features into finished products.
- Led development on FCA, Platform simultaneous projects, multi-tasking across several deliverables while remaining in direct control of development paths.
- Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage and coordinate teams around reaching prescribed development milestones.
- Directly interacted with high-level customers to verify satisfaction and integrate feedback on in-process development projects.
- Mentored junior software engineers, providing careful guidance of development strategies and education on innovative development techniques.
- Evaluated ongoing development efforts, providing feedback on potential methods of expediting completion and improving final results.
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision.
- Integrated prescribed processes and conventions during project planning to align products with internal guidelines.
Principal Software Engineer
Harman International Industries Inc
2020.08 - 2022.03
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Collaborated with team to analyze system solutions based on client requirements.
- Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
- Performed continuous reviews of projects and team work in order to enact proactive changes that maintained efficiency.
- Worked closely with global customers spanning to troubleshoot software problems.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Partnered with development team on product development and application support plans.
- Collaborated on hiring, retention and promotion of junior engineers.
- Tuned systems to boost performance.
- Estimated project requirements and planned milestones.
- Managed teams responsible for designing software for Android system team.
- Employed peer code review to better delegate error checking duties and enhance debugging outcomes.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Oversaw all software releases with eye for quality and understanding of project deadlines.
- Oversaw development and implementation of company-wide change controls, policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Senior Software Engineer
Harman International India Pvt Ltd
2013.07 - 2020.08
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Android Framework/Native layer and working to improve overall team performance.
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
- Demonstrated experience and good hands-on programming experience Java with JNI, C++.
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
- Captured specifications, testing methods and other information for GM project and Titan platform.
Software Engineer
Samsung India Inc
2010.03 - 2013.07
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions for Android based mobile application developments to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
- Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
- Participated in architecture, design and implementation of back-end features using Java, C++.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
VTU
Belgaum,India01.2010
Skills
- Proficiency in various programming languages
- Knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum)
- Expertise in cloud-based infrastructure development and management
- Ability to develop and implement technology roadmaps
- Vendor and stakeholder management
- Knowledge of microservices architecture
- Expertise in DevOps practices, including continuous integration and deployment
- Code review and quality assurance processes
- Talent acquisition and retention strategies
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Project management
- Strategic planning and execution
- Budgeting and cost reduction
- Understanding of enterprise software development
- Excellent leadership and team management skills
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of software testing and debugging
- Understanding of data security and privacy regulations.
Hobbies
Playing outdoor games-Cricket, Badminton
Reading Books - Self improvement
Timeline
Sr. Software Engineering Manager
Harman International Industries Inc
2022.03 - Current
Principal Software Engineer
Harman International Industries Inc
2020.08 - 2022.03
Senior Software Engineer
Harman International India Pvt Ltd
2013.07 - 2020.08
Software Engineer
Samsung India Inc
2010.03 - 2013.07
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
VTU
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