● Successfully led the team in the architecture, development, and scaling of payment capabilities forMarquee, the first paid native ad in Spotify for Artists. From its inception, Marquee has grown to serve millions of users across five international markets, generating over $1M USD in monthly revenue in 2023 (+100% YoY). This involved leading cross-functional collaboration among more than five teams across multiple time zones and organizations within Spotify● Led the team in iteratively… Show more ● Successfully led the team in the architecture, development, and scaling of payment capabilities forMarquee, the first paid native ad in Spotify for Artists. From its inception, Marquee has grown to serve millions of users across five international markets, generating over $1M USD in monthly revenue in 2023 (+100% YoY). This involved leading cross-functional collaboration among more than five teams across multiple time zones and organizations within Spotify● Led the team in iteratively platformizing Marquee's payment capabilities while balancing trade-offs. I guided the team through the complexities of international market expansion, addressing region-specific requirements such as compliance with local tax laws and supporting internationalization of addresses while maintaining scalability. This approach facilitated Marquee’s seamless expansion into five international markets and launch of two new products, Showcase and Fan Commerce, leveraging our platform. Moreover, I streamlined team workflows by decoupling systems, reducing dependencies, accelerating delivery speed, and fostering enhanced collaboration● Led the team integrating SoundBetter, a music collaboration platform startup, into Spotify's techecosystem. This comprehensive system included pay-in, pay-out, authentication, seller onboarding, and order management services● Worked on Spotify's experimental ticketing platform, which allowed ticket purchases via Spotify app and an event management platform for venues Show less

Building a marketplace for Spotify for Artists (https://artists.spotify.com).

● Developed eBay's checkout payments backend system using Java, Spring, Oracle Database, andCassandra, serving 2 billion daily transactions. This complex system supports users from 190 countries, tailoring experiences with localized languages, shipping methods, payment options, and address formats. Achieved high availability and improved conversion rates through failover mechanisms, multi-region data center distribution, rigorous testing and code reviews, and strategic rollouts with… Show more ● Developed eBay's checkout payments backend system using Java, Spring, Oracle Database, andCassandra, serving 2 billion daily transactions. This complex system supports users from 190 countries, tailoring experiences with localized languages, shipping methods, payment options, and address formats. Achieved high availability and improved conversion rates through failover mechanisms, multi-region data center distribution, rigorous testing and code reviews, and strategic rollouts with continuous monitoring● Directed the team to enhance eBay checkout's error handling and conversion rate by collecting and analyzing data from the customer support team. Streamlined errors into blocking and non-blocking categories and refined error experiences. This initiative resulted in a reduction of customer support cases by approximately 100,000 annually● Effectively led the implementation and launch of eBayPlus, a premium shipping option, by orchestrating cross-team and cross-functional engineering scoping efforts. Utilized remote configurations for feature flags and conducted A/B testing using experimentation platforms to ensure a successful rollout● Held team accountable of high coding standards with unit testing, automation testing, and code reviews● Regularly executed code rollouts, conducting production smoke testing, monitoring pool health and data trends, and debugging error and event logs Show less

● Implemented software tools in C++ using Visual Studio to validate next-generation Intel products on Visual Studio and Linux platforms● Led code quality initiatives by managing nightly regression tests and metrics collection

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