Experienced technology leader with over 18 years of expertise in Engineering and Project Management, specialising in Agile methodologies, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Solution Design, and Large-scale Software Development. As a seasoned Director of Engineering, I have 8+ years of leadership experience, including 2+ years managing managers. I excel in leading cross-functional teams, driving product development, and fostering high-performing teams through coaching and mentoring. Skilled in Technical Strategy, Leadership and People Management, Communication, Problem Solving, Continuous Learning, Product Management, Attention to Detail, Team Building, Decision Making, Analytical Thinking, and Data-Driven Approaches. Additionally, I bring extensive hands-on experience in designing and deploying large-scale distributed systems and cloud-based SaaS solutions.Skills:Java, Scala, Spring, SpringBoot, Dropwizard, HTML, JavaScript, ReactJs, AngularJS, Node.js, GraphQL, Python, Kotlin, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Restful/SOAP micro-services, gRPC, MongoDB, NoSQL, Microservices, Redis, Caching Strategies, Design Patterns, AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Redis), GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore, Bigtable, BigQuery, Kubernetes, Dataflow, GCS, Memcached), Managed WordPress (CMS) on WPVIP, GTM, GA, SEO, SEM, A/B Testing, HEAP analytics, Optimizely, MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Large data pipelines, Stream processing frameworks, Streaming Systems (Apache Kafka), Storm, Batch Processing, Jenkins, Splunk, New Relic, Datadog, JMeter, Gatling, Apache Bench, Java SQL, REST APIs, Lean Practices, RCA, Troubleshooting, Object-Oriented Design, Unit Testing, Business Intelligence, CI/CD, Collaboration, Data Structures and Algorithms, ECommerce, Fintech.