Lakshman Kumar
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic Software Engineering Manager with a proven track record at Intelsat, excelling in team building and project management. Expertise in Golang and microservices architecture, driving performance optimization and stakeholder collaboration. Adept at mentoring junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software solutions on time.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineering Manager
Intelsat
Chennai
05.2023 - Current
- Provided technical advice to internal teams regarding design decisions and code optimization techniques.
- Monitored compliance with coding standards across all projects within the software engineering department.
- Created and managed a team of software engineers, providing guidance on technical issues and project deadlines.
- Collaborated with developers on debugging complex problems related to application performance or scalability issues.
- Managed risks and worked with cross-functional team leads to produce deliverables and meet customer requirements.
- Provided technical mentorship to junior team members through one-on-one interactions or group training sessions.
- Met with stakeholders to collaborate and resolve problems.
- Worked closely with product owners to define scope of projects based on business objectives.
Principal Software Engineer
Intelsat
Chennai
07.2022 - Current
- Managed version control systems and maintained codebase integrity.
- Tackled development tasks based on system requirements and documented approaches.
- Created technical workflows in wiki to support education and training of newly hired employees.
- Optimized existing software systems for improved performance and scalability.
- Provided leadership by setting example through effective communication skills, collaboration techniques, problem solving strategies.
- Participated in Agile sprint planning meetings with other engineers in order to estimate effort required for upcoming projects.
- Reviewed project requirements specifications, identified potential risks or areas of improvement, provided recommendations for changes or enhancements based on industry best practices.
- Managed software implementations with focus on quality and achieving tight deadlines.
- Resolved customer issues by establishing workarounds and solutions to debug and create defect fixes.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams such as product managers and quality assurance team members to deliver high-quality products on time.
Sr. Engineer
Gogo
Chennai
06.2018 - 09.2022
- Major contribution of work for GoGo client, Responsibilities include: Requirement Discussion, Design and Implementation.
- Involving on Design approach discussions
- Managing and tracking on activities and work for a team on 4.
- Training Interns to bring them board to the team.
- Field production support. Also, sometime need to travel to customer site(USA) for some discussions and STC testing.
Software Engineer
Forcepoint LLC
07.2016 - 05.2018
- Coordinated with quality assurance teams to ensure software met all testing criteria.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather and define requirements for new software features.
- Performed troubleshooting of post-release software faults to support live service and installed software patch design.
- Developed and maintained scalable software applications for various platforms.
- Utilized version control tools to manage source codes across multiple projects.
- Programmed applications and tools using object-oriented languages with goals of code abstraction, stability and reuse.
Senior Software Engineer
Aricent
Chennai Area
07.2011 - 07.2016
- Company Overview: formely Aricent
- Formely Aricent
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy
01.2011
Skills
- Golang
- AWS
- Docker
- Java
- Microservices
- Linux system
- Shell scripting
- Web technologies
- Hibernate
- Spring
- Networking protocols(TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, Routing)
- Project management
- Team building
- Agile methodologies
- Technical mentorship
- Stakeholder collaboration
Awards
- Individual Excellance award
- Performance Award
- Spot Bonus Award
Languages
- English, Full Professional
- Telugu, Native or Bilingual
- Malayalam, Elementary
- Tamil, Full Professional
Major Contributions
- Requirement Discussion, Design and Implementation.
- Involving on Design approach discussions
- Managing and tracking on activities and work for a team on 4.
- Training Interns to bring them board to the team.
- Field production support. Also, sometime need to travel to customer site(USA) for some discussions and STC testing.
Timeline
Software Engineering Manager
Intelsat
05.2023 - Current
Principal Software Engineer
Intelsat
07.2022 - Current
Sr. Engineer
Gogo
06.2018 - 09.2022
Software Engineer
Forcepoint LLC
07.2016 - 05.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Aricent
07.2011 - 07.2016
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy
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