Raghu Datta
5.0
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Engineering Manager at Rakuten | 100+ Coached | Career Roadmap Expert
Studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Works at Rakuten
Successful clients at
Not currently taking new clients
Raghu’s Software Engineering Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Associate
100+ people coached for Software Engineering
Raghu has helped clients get into these companies:
Hello and welcome to my profile! With over 10 years of experience in the software engineering field, I have honed my skills in leading teams and delivering high-quality products at top companies like Rakuten and Prenetics. As an Engineering Manager, I focus on fostering a safe and productive environment while providing clear guidance on career and product roadmaps. My extensive experience in project management, technical design, and process improvement has equipped me to coach over 100 individuals, helping them excel in their software engineering careers. Whether you're looking to enhance your technical skills or navigate your career path, I'm here to support you. Let's connect and work together to achieve your goals!
Raghu can help with:
AI Agents
AI Automation
AI Code Review
AI Fundamentals
AI System Design
Architecture
Behavioral Interview Prep
Cover Letters
Frontend Frameworks
LinkedIn Review
LLM Fine-Tuning
Model Development
Networking Strategy
Promotion Strategy
Prompt Engineering
Resume Review
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
Technical Interview Prep
Work Experience
Engineering Manager
Rakuten
September 2022 - Present
As Engineering manager I am responsible for * Ensure team feels safe in workplace * Providing clear and concise feedbacks to engineering teams regarding product and career roadmap. * Preparing technical proposals and reports. * Deliver high quality products * Analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems * Communication skills for overseeing staff and working with other management personnel * Detail-oriented with the ability to catch minor errors which can result in major problems * Planning and executing strategies for completing projects on time. * Researching and developing designs and products. * Determining the need for training and talent development. Scope Management, Project Planning and +10 skills
Technical Lead
Rakuten
June 2020 - September 2022
Key Achievements • Efficaciously achieved around performance of more than 3600% on initial load. • Wire-framed and designed Roadmap on technical features and contributed to UX flow cross team Responsibilities • Developed software solutions by studying information needs, conferred with users, studied systems flow, data usage, and work processes, leading the software development lifecycle. • Discussed, analyzed and strategized product design with Product Managers, UX Team and Business Managers. • Responsible for gathering requirements, writing technical specifications and spearheading overall project management to ensure delivery of high-quality products on time. • Ensured technical feasibility of projects, implementing scopes & objectives, involving stakeholders, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of all projects. • Contributed to engineering efforts from planning and organizing to execution and delivery, to solve complex engineering problems. • Conceptualized, implemented & executed change management projects involving process standardization and streamlining, process re-engineering, and cost optimization, undertook various new initiatives for continuous process improvement. • Determined operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions. • Ensured responsiveness of applications, created security and data protection settings. • Improved the engineering team's efficiency and effectiveness by recommending and implementing process improvements. Scope Management, Scrum and +11 skills
Technical Lead
Prenetics
April 2019 - June 2020
Freight Tiger & Prenetics • Ensured team delivers high quality output by proactively participating in Design and Code Reviews of team members. • Spearheaded by example by following sound software design, process and quality practices and ensure team adheres to Software Development Processes. • Worked closely with the engineering, product and analytics teams to implement and maintain backend systems. • Delivered across the entire app life cycle –concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support. • Gathered requirements around functionality and translated those requirements into professional functional solutions and specifications. Scope Management, Scrum and +9 skills
Software Engineer 2
Prenetics
September 2018 - March 2019
• Assisted with the maintaining and support of new and existing features by liaising with the QA and support teams to diagnose and resolve issues. • Performed UI designs and coding, created reusable objects and templates, wireframes for web pages and email templates, managed maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design. • Developed and maintained strategic operational systems, tools, and processes, including participation in tactical and strategic development projects. Scope Management, Git and +7 skills
Full Stack Developer
Wipro
July 2015 - July 2018
• Developed visually appealing front end website architecture, including translating designer mock-ups and wireframes into front-end code. • Devised functional databases, applications, and servers to support websites on the back end. Scope Management, Scrum and +7 skills
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Digital Business
2024 - 2026
Sree Rama Krishna Degree College
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computers and Electronics
2012 - 2015
Activities and societies: NSS
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Overall Rating
5.0
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