Arnab Das

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Director of Engineering, Google - Django · OpenAPI · REST

Google
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
16+ years experience
IIIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Marathi
AdvisingOpen to work
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Overview

Director of Engineering at Google, focused on API platforms. Led the migration of 62 services to Django. Board member at a local non-profit.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on API platforms
  • Roles in API platforms
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Generic networking requests
  • Requests to fix your code for free

Replies on weekday evenings

Skills
Jetpack ComposeOpenAPIDjangoREST
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for teams scaling past 50 engineers: API platforms and Jetpack Compose

Topics
API platforms, Jetpack Compose, Django
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Paid
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

20 years of API platforms. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Pune, India · remote OKopenapijetpack composedjango
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Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Backend Engineer in biotech, Pune or hybrid

Target roles
Backend Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Logistics, Consumer apps
Work mode
Remote
Available
90 days notice
Work authorization
Indian citizen, open to relocating
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (seed) where API platforms is core to the product.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

20 years in API platforms. Strongest at Jetpack Compose and REST. Serving notice now.

Pune, Indiadjangojetpack composerest
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Experience

  1. Director of Engineering
    Feb 2023 - Present
    Google · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Shipped 7 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
    • Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 498ms to 152ms.
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 19% in two quarters.
  2. Principal Engineer
    Jul 2019 - Feb 2023
    Zomato · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Led or co-led 15 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
  3. Senior Engineering Manager
    Sep 2015 - Jul 2019
    Ola · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 768ms to 118ms.
  4. Engineering Manager
    Jul 2014 - Sep 2015
    Airtel · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Mentored 13 engineers through their first promotion.
  5. Senior Backend Engineer
    Jan 2011 - Jul 2014
    EY · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 45% in two quarters.

Projects

API platforms benchmark
2024

Reproducible benchmarks comparing Jetpack Compose and REST on real workloads.

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Education

  1. IIIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2001 - 2005

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