# Gauhar Shakeel

> Engineer, Startup Founder & Angel Investor in AI & SMB | Head of Engineering at Walmart-Acquired Startup

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gauhar

I am a software developer by choice and an Entrepreneur by heart. I am an expert in building technology and software design.

I have adapted to multiple roles in my career such as software developer, architect, customer success manager and leading multiple teams. Being in a position of wearing different hats I learnt to handle multi-disciplinary projects and get confidence in taking a deeper dive when I get new opportunities.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Walmart
Jan 2021 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Head Of Engineering @ Botmock (Acquired by Walmart)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Ottawa, Canada Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Syntronic - A Global Design House
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

### Co-Founder @ Pear Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Ottawa, Canada Area
My responsibilities at Pear Technologies were architecting and building software in areas:
  - Web development
  - Native mobile development
  - Hybrid Mobile development
  - Designing and developing conversational UI using different tools and AI
- lead and facilitate multiple development teams, by following industry standard software development methodologies. 

Website: https://www.peartechinc.com

### Software Developer @ Kinaxis
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Kanata, Ontario, Canada
As Mobile Application Developer at Kinaxis my role was to:
- Built core features using AngularJS framework
- Worked closely with PM (Product Management) and UX to implement new features in our supply chain product from architectural meetings to develop the feature then making pixel perfect and unit testing.
- Worked on improving the perceived performance of some major areas of the product that would improve the interaction of 1000’s of people working in companies like Canon, Ford, Volvo, Nikon and many more.
- Built core features in languages like Java and c#
    - Worked directly with the team lead and PV (Product Verification) on essential customer enhancements in the java client of the product using the TDD approach and following best practices and learning from the feedback of experience engineers in the team by adding them in the code reviews.

### Software Engineer @ Bumpn, Inc
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Ottawa, Canada Area
As Lead iOS developer at Bumpn my responsibilities were: 
- Built core features in iOS (Objective c) platform
    - Implemented completely new design of the app that increased engagement by 20%.
- Created new features and maintained release fixes
    - Fixed a very critical bug that saved the company retain more than 120,000 users on iPhone.
    - Built a socially very strong feature that allowed existing >100,000 iPhone users to invite all their friends on Facebook as well as their address book to the app.
- Utilized extensive libraries and APIs for cloud-based services
    - Libraries integration like Google Analytics enhanced the company insights about the app and behavior of the
users to a next level with almost no cost.

### Software Developer @ AirLoop
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
I work in the Software Developer role, providing development and production support for all aspects of the web and mobile application, playing a vital role in the evolution of the core AirLoop technology stack.

### Software Developer @ OAK Computing
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
I reported directly to the CTO of OAK Computing and provided web and mobile development support to multiple projects and POCs, while delivering solutions to meet the needs of multiple lines of business. In my role, I interfaced extensively with the internal development team, as well as with 3rd party vendors, and business clients.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gauhar-shakeel-a8193a83

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Source: https://flows.cv/gauhar
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gauhar/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22