# Rohtash Lakra

> Architect | Engineering Manager | (Ex Yahoo | Ex NASDAQ)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rohtash

Seasoned leader with experience in the technology with a knack for building high-performance teams from ground up, with experience in Mobile, Web, and API development, and knowledge in distributed systems. 

Highlights:
— Engineering Leadership
— Software Design and Architecture
— Product & Platform Development
— Developed Multi-tiers Enterprise Distributed SaaS Applications
— Mobile App & SDK Development
— Coaching and Mentoring
— Manage cross-platform distributed teams (including onsite/off-shore)
— Customer Obsessed

Tech Stack:
— Java/JDK, J2EE, Spring Framework, Design Patterns, Agile Methodologies, Cloud, Hibernate, MySQL, Oracle & Open Source Frameworks
— Python, Flask, pedantic, marshmallow
— Amazon Web Service (Security, Compute, Storage, & Analytics) like API Gateway, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Redis (ElastiCache), Secrets Manager, QuickSight, Amazon EventBridge

Domain Knowledge: 
— Automotive
— Online Advertising
— Healthcare (Application Bridge and Aspect Environment)
— Telecommunications, IPTV/STB Environments
— Business Collaborations (e-commerce)
— Transportation/Logistics and ERP
— Education


★ Open to explore and learning about next opportunity to build and lead high-performing team, build scalable architecture, and deliver sustainable products for the organization.

★ If you explore the recommendations section, you can learn more insight about my abilities.

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States
Technician-On-Demand (TOD), is a two-sided marketplace for virtual auto-repair, that connects DIYers and Technicians via smart-phone on-demand videoconferencing technology to collaborate, and solve the automotive ecosystem challenges as paid service.

• Make diligent architectural decisions, and foster a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes.
• Developed REST APIs using Python and AWS cloud infrastructure that increased QoQ 10% revenue.
• Collaboration with stakeholders for the distributed design, maintenance and improvements.
• Break down complex projects into smaller pieces and lead the iterative design and implementation process.
• Building Data/AI Infrastructure with Generative AI Integration using AI/ML Integrations.

### Software Engineering Manager @ Yahoo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Design and development of Payment API for clients which generates 17% YoY revenue
• Development and Integration of Payments Platform (payments, payments fraud, auto charge etc.)
• Migration and Development of RESTful API of external endpoints to AWS
• Participating in breaking monolithic frameworks into micro-services
• Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product

### Principal Software Engineer @ Verizon Media
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
• Responsible for Payment API integration with Advertising Platform.
• Client Integration of payment APIs (credit card payments, credit feed generation)
• Migration and Development of RESTful API for Internal Services, and Salesforce Integrations
• Framework Implementations and DevOps Infrastructures (Docker’s containerization)
• Handling project dependency upgrades as well as security fixes

### Lead Software Engineer @ Boardvantage - Now a part of Nasdaq
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park, California, United States
• Implemented Second-Level Cache using EHCache that boosts API call performance
• Developed iOS and Android Native/Hybrid Apps; Object-C, Android, HTML5, JavaScript & Gradle
• Implemented Container based framework for Android performance efficient hybrid app, which provides new features 60% faster in development and uses embedded TJWS server for HTTPS.
• Fixed offline data security using AES/CBC and PBKDF2 algorithms, and other security issues
• Deep understanding of Activities, Services, Content Provider, Broadcast Receiver & Fragments etc.
• Implementation and handling of the company key which unlocks the application server

### Programmer Analyst @ Emerging Health Information Technology
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013
• Prepare design documents of existing  architecture and new developed features
• Improved call recording efficiency from 60% to 95% of the entire call center recorded recordings
• Implemented VBScript processes to convert .WAV to .MP3, 60% faster than existing converters
• Added new features to analyze the recorded recordings for statistics of agent’s online/offline status
• Automated build creation process, which improved 20% less time usage in build deployment

### Project Leader @ R Systems
Jan 2005 – Jan 2010 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Developed Swing GUI’s for package management, set top box details, subscriber management
• Integration and improvements on Customized CEEJ JVM - v2.7.79
• Developed Multi-Column Menu, IPG, “Audio Video Plug-in” and “Browser Customization” etc.
• Developed Customized Browser Walled Garden to surf the Internet using Escape Browser API
• Supports STBs (Entone, Amino, Tilgin, Scientific Atlanta, Kreatel, Motorola, CISCO etc.)

### Software Engineer @ Daffodil Software Ltd.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Gurugram, Haryana, India
• Involved in Peer Review, Team Review and Optimizations of business logic using design patterns.
• Involved in creation of design documents and development effort estimation using UML.
• Entity ORM mappings generation with cross database support using JDO with KODO.
• Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (i10n) support using Java Resource Bundle API.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Guru Jambheshwar University

### Master of Philosophy - MPhil in Computer Science
The Global Open University Nagaland, Dimapur

### Post Gradudate Diploma in Computer Applications in Computer Science & Applications
Kurukshetra University

### Honours Diploma in Netowork Centered Computing in Computer Science and Applications
National Institute of Information Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rslakra
- GitHub: https://github.com/rslakra

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Last updated: 2026-04-19