Spearheaded performance improvements for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Object Storage service by developing features such as caching and hedging algorithms to optimize object retrieval latency.

Designed and implemented a hedging algorithm to mitigate tail latency in object retrieval, achieving a 2x reduction in worst-case response times. Developed a caching layer for small object retrieval that reduced backend storage calls and data hotspotting, improving overall latency by 40%.

Executed comprehensive feature validation using load testing, pre-prod simulations, and dashboard metrics to ensure safe, phased production rollouts.

Mentored junior engineers, reduced on-call incidents by identifying root causes through in-depth analysis and fine tuning the alarms.

Business Messaging Monetization/Click to WhatsApp Advertisement

Business Messaging Growth

Small Business and Products Growth

Pages Growth

Contributed to Meta’s Ads Monetization team by building features to help grow Click to WhatsApp Ads revenue, which was generating $1.5B as per public quarterly earnings report. Leveraged data-driven experimentation (A/B testing, funnel analysis) to identify growth opportunities and influence product roadmap decisions.

Delivered cross-functional features such as linking WhatsApp numbers to Instagram/Facebook profiles, enhancing top of the funnel for generating more Click to WhatsApp Ads revenue.

Executed full-stack development using ReactJS, mobile frameworks, data pipelines, graph databases, GraphQL, and PHP; also supported ML model training through label preparation.

Created Click to WhatsApp Ads for the Instagram Reels surface, opening a new revenue stream by enabling direct business engagement within Reels. Developed an insights dashboard to track ads performance, conducted privacy/integrity/data reviews, and executed a phased production rollout.

Won top-fixer award in Meta’s org-level Fixathon for outstanding issue resolution impact and cross-system bug fixes.

Developed a dashboard in AngularJS to show merchant statistics and integrated Google Analytics.

Automated SQL script generation thereby reducing 99% time by creating a UI tool using electron framework.

Won VISA global hackathon by securing two prizes in the competition.

Cloud Provisioning Service Projects

Built a compliance assurance web app using Java Spring, MongoDB, and AngularJS, improving Visa’s cloud provisioning security and reducing manual effort by 40%.

Engineered a monitoring infrastructure to observe hostmetrics of deployed servers with Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and NodeJS, and created a dashboard and alerts, significantly enhancing system availability and reliability.

Developed REST APIs using Spring to interface with HP ILO remote consoles, enabling secure and efficient server access and management.

Researched and registered two Trade Secrets with Intellectual Property Division of VISA Inc and got patent awards.

Payment Technology Tokenization Projects

Led development of a web app using Java, AngularJS, and MySQL that accelerated onboarding of new banks to Visa’s Tokenization Service (e.g., Apple Pay), reducing setup time by 40%.