I grew the size of the cross-functional team from 2 to 6 engineers, including 3 backend engineers, 1 fullstack web, 1 fullstack iOS, and 1 Android engineer.
• Promoted 2 engineers from junior to mid level and 1 engineer from mid to senior by increasing the scope and leverage of impact. Managed an underperforming engineer out.
• Developed career path for each engineer through clear, actionable feedback and active coaching, which led to 3 individual promotions, higher sprint velocity, higher code output, and high team autonomy with stakeholder satisfaction.
• Technically strong and very hands-on. I provided critical technical guidance to the team on designing complicated systems such as Search Autocomplete, Server-driven UI, Indexing at scale and SEO diff-in-diff AB test
• Led product initiatives across Product, Infrastructure, and ML, such as SEO directories, logged-out search, unified search, robust experimentation for UI, Lambda Rank to improve Search CTR, and infrastructure cost saving.
• Led my team to continuously contribute to the search-driven revenue growth quarter over quarter. I achieved this by partnering with the Revenue team and prioritizing the work which maximizes revenue impact.
• Our team members constantly share knowledge inside and across the organization. Many team members have won awards and are received acknowledgment. I encouraged mentorship, code-pairing, and participation in technical co-op
