Varun Khanna varun . khanna1 @ outlook . com Profile Experienced leader and software architect adept at leveraging technology to solve complex business challenges . Over recent years , I've led multiple software development teams in delivering technical solutions for web and mobile platforms for top - tier internet companies . Notably , I've successfully scaled applications to accommodate traffic ranging from a few thousands to over 10 million visitors daily . My expertise extends to building new products , coaching and mentoring engineering managers , scaling eCommerce applications , and recruiting top engineering talent . Work experience Director Of Engineering December 2022 - Present HubSpot , Berlin As the leader of multiple engineering teams , I drive the development of a CRM application platform . My role encompasses crafting and executing product strategy , defining technical vision , hiring , and guiding teams of over 100 + engineers across Germany , Ireland , and the USA . Sr Director of Engineering November 2020 - November 2022 HelloFresh , Berlin HelloFresh is a German publicly traded meal - kit company based in Berlin , Germany . It is the largest meal - kit provider in the United States , and also has operations in Australia , Canada , Denmark , New Zealand , Sweden , and Western Europe . Led the growth alliance at HelloFresh , comprising 90 + individuals across multiple teams , focused on developing top - tier customer - facing digital products . Directly managed a diverse team including directors of engineering , engineering managers , TPM , and staff engineers . Successfully scaled the engineering organization from 25 + to 90 + members within 14 months , leading to a 30% year - on - year increase in conversions through delivery of high - impact projects . Achieved a 40% reduction in Lead Time to Commit metric [ LTTC ] for the engineering organization . Launched multiple innovative products for conversions , referral marketing , and Adtech , while initiating major re - architecture projects to drive further scalability . Senior Engineering Manager May 2019 - November 2020 GetYourGuide , Berlin GetYourGuide is a leading online service for booking the best experiences in destinations across the globe . Basic information Website linkedin . com/in/varunkhanna11
Led a team of 40 + engineers across multiple teams and locations within the travelers' platform engineering group , while managing 4 engineering managers . Initiated the re - architecture of monolithic legacy systems into a scalable & distributed framework . Successfully transitioned customer - facing websites and APIs from monolithic applications into micro frontends and microservices . Improved the organization - wide hiring process , resulting in scaling the team from 10 to 40 members within 12 months . Development Manager June 2016 - May 2019 Agoda Company Pte Ltd ( Booking Holdings ) , Bangkok Agoda is an Online Travel Agency ( OTA ) based in Bangkok that offers accommodation booking services through its website and mobile app . Agoda Company Pte Ltd is part of Booking Holdings group ( NASDAQ : BKNG ) . Led multiple scrum teams comprising 30 + developers & QA's , tasked with developing and maintaining tools for partner marketing and affiliate businesses . Designed , developed , and launched multiple new products , driving a 200% year - on - year increase in partner marketing revenue . Implemented key initiatives to enhance development culture : Introduced DotNet Core , achieved 100% deployment automation , increased test coverage from 35% to 80% across all products , and transitioned applications from server - side rendering to client - side rendering . Successfully led the initiative to rewrite legacy applications and decompose monolithic systems into microservices , significantly improving development processes and application performance . Assistant Manager October 2014 - June 2016 Makemytrip Inc ( NASDAQ : MMYT ) Makemytrip Inc ( NASDAQ : MMYT ) is an Indian online travel company . I worked there as a technology lead for the hotel's team and managed a team of 10 developers . Developed the Meet and Beat system , a pricing API for the Hotels team , enabling dynamic price adjustments based on competitor rates , resulting in a 15% increase in daily bookings . Created a responsive/adaptive web application for hotel booking from scratch , contributing to both backend and frontend development . Built a new hotel booking engine from scratch and scaled it to serve 2 million unique visitors daily . Delivered high - impact projects focusing on performance tuning and scaling . Achieved a 40% improvement in search page response time by implementing lazy loading and a multi - layer caching engine . Software Engineer September 2013 - October 2014 Nucleus Software Exports Limited Nucleus Software Exports Limited ( NSE : NUCLEUS ) is an Indian global IT products and solutions company serving the Banking and Financial Services sectors . Contributed as a senior developer and analyst in an eight - member team to develop modules for the proprietary loan
management system FinnOne Neo . Acted as a full stack developer , responsible for developing front - end , back - end , and database schema for assigned modules . Took complete ownership of developing over 15 individual modules from scratch , involving requirement gathering , analysis , development , enhancements , bug fixing , and client demos . Systems Engineer July 2012 - September 2013 Infosys Limited ( NSE : INFY ) Established in 1981 , Infosys is leading global consulting and IT services company with more than 200K employees . Contributed to developing track management applications for Canadian Pacific Railways . Designed tools for track simulation , facilitating offshore team testing before production deployment . Collaborated with an onsite Canadian team to manage deployment and UAT processes efficiently . Education Bachelor of Engineering 2008 - 2012 Chitkara University , Solan - Himachal Pradesh Major in computer science engineering with a CGPA of 7.88 on scale of 10.