Shruthi Ramesh
San Jose,USA
Summary
Engineering and product-led growth expert with 15 years of experience in delivering high-quality, customer-centric solutions. Proven track record of enhancing user engagement and driving significant growth through effective execution. Strong collaborator focused on team success and removing obstacles to achieve objectives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Director of Engineering
Greenlight Technologies
San Jose, CA
05.2022 - Current
- Oversaw core product strategy and growth initiatives at Greenlight, managing children's product offerings such as chore management, investment, and financial literacy tools while developing identity protection solutions for older adults, including suspicious account monitoring services.
- Analyzed industry trends, customer feedback, and competitor data, shaping product roadmap decisions to align with market demands.
- Collaborated with stakeholders and customers to define product requirements and design specifications, ensuring alignment with user needs and market trends.
- Developed and implemented engineering processes, standards, and best practices.
- Evaluated new technologies for potential use in engineering projects.
Engineering Manager
PayPal
San Jose, CA
10.2020 - 05.2022
- Redesigned PayPal consumer app with Swift and SDUI architecture, enabling rapid experimentation cycles.
- Led development of main hub pages on PayPal app for iOS and Android, managing over 50% of consumer entry points.
- Collaborated on product requirements and design phases to ensure alignment with user needs.
- Planned engineering roadmap to prioritize cold start time performance and increase delight moments for the users.
- Engaged in architectural decisions, improving code quality and testability across the application.
- Analyzed customer feedback data to identify areas needing improvement in products or services.
Lead Software Engineer
LinkedIn
Mountain View, CA
08.2018 - 09.2020
- Led multiple teams as technical lead, implementing growth initiatives that improved team alignment and project outcomes.
- Architected and designed various product features, improving functionality and user engagement.
- Contributed to core infrastructure modules at LinkedIn, increasing system reliability and reducing downtime.
- Ensured feature parity between iOS and Android platforms for consistent user experience.
- Collaborated with product owners and UI designers to integrate latest iOS capabilities.
- Maintained high standards for quality and performance, ensuring optimal user experience across applications.
- Mentored team members to foster technical career development.
- Utilized Swift and Objective-C for application development and feature implementation.
Lead Software Engineer
Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, CA
04.2014 - 08.2018
- Spearheaded Flurry Ads and Analytics SDK adoption across all Yahoo apps and over 250,000 external applications.
- Redesigned Analytics SDK into streaming model, improving performance and responsiveness.
- Implemented diverse native ad formats to increase advertising effectiveness.
- Reviewed technical designs and code, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to standards.
- Mentored team members, promoting technical growth and enhancing team capabilities.
- Utilized Objective-C and Swift technologies for robust application performance.
Software Engineer
Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
01.2011 - 04.2014
- Developed benchmarking applications for marketing teams on iOS, Android, and Windows 8 tablets, enhancing data-driven decision-making.
- Developed parity native operations, including photo edits, video edits, encryption, and decryption.
- Created an engaging game that generated comprehensive performance scores for user engagement analysis.
- Objective-C, Java and C# were the primary language used for development
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University Of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX12-2010
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
PES Institute of technology
Bangalore, Karnataka05-2007
Skills
- Product-led growth strategy
- Engineering culture enhancement
- Software architecture design
- Mentorship and team development
- Market trend analysis
- Innovation management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sr. Director of Engineering
Greenlight Technologies
05.2022 - Current
Engineering Manager
PayPal
10.2020 - 05.2022
Lead Software Engineer
LinkedIn
08.2018 - 09.2020
Lead Software Engineer
Yahoo!
04.2014 - 08.2018
Software Engineer
Intel Corporation
01.2011 - 04.2014
Master of Science - Computer Science
University Of Texas at Dallas
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
PES Institute of technology