Pankaj is a hands-on professional and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in product development, planning, architecture and design, team building, and business leadership. He has led teams in the business-growth phase across enterprise software, advertising, B2B SaaS, education, personal finance, food tech, and logistics. Pankaj's specialties include database design, API development, product management, and back-end development in Ruby on Rails, Java, SQL, and AWS.
Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.
Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.
Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.
RubyRuby on Rails (RoR)
JavaAWSREST APIs
Back-end Development
HYRR
Co-founder
2020 - 2022 (2 years)
Gurgaon, India
Led the design and development of a recruitment marketplace platform using Java, Spring, and MySQL for employers to hire faster and at a lower commission rate.
Designed the system and database architecture for a TikTok and Tinder-style video-based product for grey and blue-collar hiring using Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Android, React, and API design.
Spearheaded project management, sprints, best practices and systems, and process implementation.
Developed the back-end API in Ruby on Rails 5 for blue-collar bulk hiring and outsourced hiring management.
Introduced systems and processes such as Jira, Sentry, and development sprints and implemented continuous integration with CircleCI Jenkins.
Product Strategist & Digital Transformation Consultant
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
Developed a generic web-scraping framework using JUnit, Java, and other scraper frameworks.
Initiated an online lead-generation system and marketing campaign for a leading real-estate consulting firm using Java and Ruby on Rails and grew their incoming queries by 50% MoM.
Created processes and a document management system for a leading chartered accountant using the Ubuntu server and Dropbox, helping them recover from a major malware attack.
Delivered a strong online presence, communication system, and processes for a playschool using Dropbox, Google Drive, and Google Cloud.
Set up an online presence for a top-rated resort and booking engine using WordPress, resulting in a doubled revenue increase.
Bootstrapped a B2B SaaS startup for hyper-local delivery optimization, acquired by Zomato in 2016 after finding it to be a great fit (joined Zomato as VP Product as part of the acquisition).
Designed the system architecture, APIs, and database, integrated with third-party system APIs such as POS and online food ordering systems, and provided a callback mechanism.
Developed Android mobile apps (Java), web apps (Angular.js), back-end API (Ruby on Rails), ServerSocket (Java), and hardware-based products, namely GPS trackers.
Built EduIgnite, a career counseling and assessment product, using Ruby on Rails and MySQL in collaboration with local education experts.
Led a team of 10 people consisting of marketers, content writers, and teachers and empowered students to make the best academic and career choices in life.
Designed the system architecture and database for the assessment and counseling system.
Built a lead management system in Spring, Java, and MySQL to capture lead lifecycle and better utilization rate.
Developed a call management system in Spring, Java, and MySQL for telemarketers and automatic distribution with a matching engine.
Created India's first online college application platform using Spring, Java, and MySQL.
Delivered a marketing automation product (campaign management system) in Spring and Java with landing page generation for SEM and other online marketing requirements.
Designed system architecture and database for the lead management system, college online application system, and marketing automation.
Chosen ahead of other team players from IITs for US-based client-facing opportunities, proved to be one of the best performers in the company, receiving a 4X salary hike in six months due to outstanding performance.
Saved the company over $2,000/per month within the first month of joining by building an in-house email marketing automation tool, VerticalResponse, to replace the previous one.
Developed integration adapters such as DB, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, File, JMS, MSMQ, TIBCO, and HTTP for Fiorano SOA 2006 and Fiorano ESB in Java.
Operated as a sales engineer and built a proof-of-concept for various prospects/applications using Fiorano ESB and FioranoMQ.
Participated as a core team member of the world's first JMS compliant server, FioranoMQ.
MySQLJMSEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
Java
Net4Engineers
Founder & CTO
2001 - 2003 (2 years)
Haryana, India
Created a social network for engineers as an internet startup ahead of its time, developing the first portal to create Facebook-like pages for colleges.
Created SMS4India, an online platform to send messages from the web to mobiles, an industry first.
Delivered ExamOnline, a web-based solution that can be used on the intranet and the internet to conduct multiple-choice question-based tests.