Engineering Manager | Developer Experience (DevEx)

Lead cross-functional engineering team (12 engineers: 8 backend, 4 frontend) building Internal Developer Platform serving 1,500+ engineers across multiple game studios. Own platform architecture, technical roadmap, and delivery of self-service tooling.

Key Achievements

• Scaled Internal Developer Platform from 500 to 1,500+ engineers — modernized architecture with React microfrontends (Module Federation), Python FastAPI, Kafka, and Temporal; reduced deployment time by 40% with one-click multi-studio deployments and automated rollback
• AI-powered developer assistance — dual-channel system (MS Teams Bot + in-platform assistant) with Glean.io integration; 150+ tickets/week, reduced miscategorized tickets by 93% (from ~30/week to ~2/week) and resolution time by 60%
• Mobile Submissions Pipeline — fully automated deployments across 5 stores (Google Play, App Store, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft) using Temporal workflows with approval gates
• One-click Datacenter Failover — disaster recovery for 20 game studios with automated health checks and rollback
• Backstage Integration — wrapped as MFE for service catalog, ownership tracking, and scaffolder templates across all game studios
• Migrated orchestration from Netflix Conductor to Temporal, improving platform reliability and reducing operational complexity

People & Delivery Management

• Hired 5 engineers (2 backend, 3 frontend); grew 1 developer from Corporate IT to Senior Frontend capable of leading technical initiatives; promoted 2 engineers to Tech Lead
• Conduct quarterly performance reviews, 1-on-1s, coaching, and career development planning
• Partner with Product, QA, Architecture, and Infrastructure teams; manage sprint planning (Scrum/Kanban), delivery timelines, and stakeholder communication
• Act as Product Owner defining platform features and priorities

Technical Involvement (~30%)

• Code reviews (Python, TypeScript/React, Automation)
• Architecture discussions on microservices design, orchestration patterns, and platform scalability

Led DevOps team (5 engineers) transitioning from VM-based architecture to Kubernetes and building self-service developer tooling.

• Containerized and migrated VM-based services to Kubernetes, shutting down ~1,000 VMs and reducing infrastructure footprint by 80%; managed K8s cluster operations for high-load gaming workloads
• Led RCA and implemented preventive actions, reducing production incidents by 80% through improved observability, automated health checks, and proactive monitoring
• Built standardized CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and TeamCity with Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning; reduced manual deployment operations by 50%
• Developed internal developer portal (Python backend, JS/TS frontend) enabling self-service deployments for 500+ developers
• Implemented automated client builds, deployment workflows, and active-passive failover for 20 game studios
• Created REST APIs for infrastructure automation integrating Jenkins, TeamCity, and Artifactory; led migration from legacy monoliths to microservices

Dedicated DevOps automation engineer supporting multiple game studios. Focused on building internal tooling, CI/CD pipeline automation, and reliable delivery processes.

• Designed and implemented CI/CD processes using Jenkins and TeamCity; automated build, test, and deployment workflows with canary deployments and rolling updates
• Developed Python frameworks and CLI tools for deployment automation used by QA and DevOps teams
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Docker, and Ansible; maintained DevOps stack (Jenkins, TeamCity, Artifactory)

• Managed 200+ production Linux/Windows servers achieving 99.5% uptime SLA; administered web/mail/database servers (Apache, Nginx, Postfix, MySQL, PostgreSQL) with Zabbix/Nagios monitoring
• Automated routine operations with Bash/Python scripts, reducing manual tasks by 50%