Mainak Chhari

Lead Backend Engineer

Aspire FT Pte Ltd•  July 2023 - Present•  Singapore

As part of the Treasury Team at Aspire, which handles/maintains the ledger, payment related features and third party integration (client and provider), ○ Contributed to the growth and maintenance of Multi-Currency business accounts by integrating features and resolving critical issues that led to payment failures ○ Took charge as the technical PIC for the first development cycle for Aspire’s Public API that enabled third party client integration, opening a new line of business for Aspire ○ Took charge as PIC for the bulk transfers feature group to stabilise the feature(s) and resolve fundamental issues

Senior Backend Engineer

Kami Vision•  November 2022 - June 2023•  Bangalore

Involved in the core platform that served as the backend for several B2B SaaS products around cameras and AI-based functionalities ○ Working closely with product stakeholders, revamped the Access Control implementation we used to incorporate location based access control (with existing OWASP standards) ○ Worked on various maintenance tasks of a Java-based payments microservice that serves the B2C consumer products of the company

Senior Backend Engineer

Milkyway AI Pvt Ltd•  November 2021 - November 2022•  Pune

Assumed ownership of the backend engineering function, involved in the architecture, development and maintenance of business-critical technical functions, described as ○ Drove a MVP as the technical lead, helping the organization pivot to a new LOB ○ Development and optimization of a Quality Control pipeline that enabled 30K+ human annotations per day ○ Development and maintenance of a Content Management tool that handled an ever-changing 20K+ strong product catalogue, spread across 1.5K brands and 50+ retail categories ○ Worked closely with leadership in architecture and resource planning for various internal projects (proof-of-concepts)

Senior Software Developer

Workex Solutions and Services Pvt Ltd•  July 2019 - October 2021•  Bengaluru

Involved in the design, development and maintenance of several backend services that contribute to the core business of the organisation, described below ○ Designed and developed a zero-downtime low-overhead python-based microservice that employs Apache Kafka to deliver 1M+ notifications per day ○ Co-designed and developed a python based scheduling and eventing microservice that implements the core product logic behind driving client engagement ○ As part of a team, developed the backend for our client-facing StaffPe Android App ○ Co-Developed an internal Lead Management System that enables our Client Success Team to effectively firefight issues in real time; includes real-time communication features using calling and Whatsapp integration ○ Designed and co-developed Payroll Management Service as a part of the larger Human Resource Management Services

Co Lead, Technology Team

Indian Political Action Committee•  April 2018 - June 2019•  Hyderabad

Created Social Media Analytics Team within the Technology vertical for better utilisation of Social Media platform for political outreach and connect ○ Set up dashboards and regular reports for tracking KPIs related to our clients’ social media presence ○ Connected our clients’ various political campaigns and outreach programs to their target stakeholders using cross-platform social media outreach and automation ○ Assisted the Data Analysis Team with their electorate analysis by making sense of large volumes of public domain data (multi-lingual)

Jr. Associate

Indian Political Action Committee•  October 2017 - March 2018•  Hyderabad

Development of monitoring dashboards and websites made to gauge engagement of political volunteers

Team Lead, Data and Digital

Poltactics Consulting LLP•  May 2017 - September 2017•  Ranchi

Managed team for state-wide socio-political surveys and digital campaigns. Reached out to an audience of approx. 1.5M through digital campaigns