Himanshi Nagpal
Bengaluru
Summary
A strong commitment to driving engineering excellence and fostering collaborative team environments has been demonstrated through progressive leadership experience in technology-focused organizations. Passion for creating impactful solutions aligns with a deep appreciation for usercentric design and product development. An eagerness to contribute technical expertise and strategic vision to advance organizational goals is evident, with a focus on enhancing systems and processes for improved outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager
Headout
Bangalore
07.2023 - Current
- Functioned as de facto Engineering Manager, overseeing the end-to-end delivery of 11 business-critical projects, cross-team coordination, and mentorship of 8 engineers.
- Led multiple high-impact payment optimization projects, directly contributing to $2M USD monthly cost savings through improved routing efficiency, reduced payment failures, and fraud prevention initiatives.
- Owned the performance management cycle for the team - conducted regular 1:1s, led 3 appraisal discussions, facilitated 2 promotions (Tech Lead and Senior Engineer), and managed 1 PIP through structured feedback loops.
- Partnered with product and QA leads to align the technical roadmap with business outcomes, ensuring consistent delivery velocity and measurable KPIs.
- Drove engineering excellence by implementing code review guidelines, integrating Sonar checks, and improving test coverage from 0% to 69%, reducing post-deployment bugs by 20%.
Engineering Manager
CRED
Bengaluru
07.2022 - 07.2023
- Mentored junior engineers, enhancing skill development and knowledge transfer.
- Prepared and engaged in project design reviews to ensure alignment with objectives.
- Developed engineering processes that boosted project efficiency by 20%.
- Architected critical projects, including Chat as a first-class citizen and Unified transaction history, serving 7 million users and reducing call volume by 23% with $10K in cost savings within three months.
- Embedded velocity templating in repository, achieving 40% faster development cycles.
- Established guidelines for code review process, increasing test coverage from zero to 72%.
- Collaborated with product managers to outline technical requirements and specifications.
Senior Software Engineer
Compass
Bangalore
05.2020 - 07.2022
- Revised, modularized and updated old code base to modern development standards, reducing latency and improving functionality.
- Designed and developed an end-to-end configuration store which is responsible for storing various applications' config with version support.
- From brainstorming to create a fully functional Aggregator layer which uses yaml configuration to aggregate data from multiple APIs.
- Designed a working POC for access control throughout the organisation to enable authorisation for various APIs.
- Took 160 interviews to smoothen the process of hiring. Currently leading and mentoring a tech-team of 6.
Senior Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bengaluru
08.2019 - 05.2020
- Launched AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, colocation space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience.
- Helped in rearchitecting the system to remove tight coupling with other modules like ordering, execution and shipment plan generation.
- Coordinated with Senior SDEs to evaluate and improve dashboard performance.
Software Development Engineer
Flipkart
Bengaluru
01.2018 - 08.2019
- Migration of high scale data from mysql database to Hbase in order to achieve high scalability to support access to orders from different account.
- Integration of other services like BNPL, ProductExchange on order details page.
- Rewamp the entire ecosystem of service including versioned APIs.
Software Development Engineer
Via.com
Bengaluru
06.2016 - 01.2018
- Integration with low cost carriers like Air Asia and Garuda Airline.
- Decoupling monolith service into microservice bases architecture.
- Integration with GDS - Amadeus and Sabre to enable 7 international carriers.
Associate Intern
Sabre
Bengaluru
01.2016 - 06.2016
- Enabled automation using selenium for the entire market intelligence product.
- Incorporated sprint in the team and worked as a scrum master.
- Developed sanity suite for the product to cover more than 500 test cases.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women
06-2016
Skills
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Design evaluations
- Team building
- Technical mentoring
- Cross-team collaboration
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Headout
07.2023 - Current
Engineering Manager
CRED
07.2022 - 07.2023
Senior Software Engineer
Compass
05.2020 - 07.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
08.2019 - 05.2020
Software Development Engineer
Flipkart
01.2018 - 08.2019
Software Development Engineer
Via.com
06.2016 - 01.2018
Associate Intern
Sabre
01.2016 - 06.2016
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women