AMIT KHURANA
Backend Lead
Docklands,VIC
Summary
Seasoned lead with a wide range of technical experience in digital commerce engagements. Experienced in leading and managing multiple agile teams with senior engineers.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Backend Lead - Unified Commerce
Myer
Melbourne, VIC
07.2020 - Current
This role entails leading the Backend (BE) Practice for Myer online. This is a multifaceted role with following 4 main dimensions:
- Technical Leadership : Help drive designs for enterprise projects for myeronline . Custodian of BE engineering practices
- BE Practice Management : Build BE capability for Myer across a range of BE tech stacks like WebSphere Commerce, AWS, nodeJS
- Technical uplift: Key stakeholder in all technical uplift projects
- Line/People Management : Technical and cultural mentorship for BE engineers
Lead Developer
MYER
Melbourne, VIC
02.2019 - 07.2020
This role included the following:
- Lead Design and Development of mission-critical projects for myeronline
- Collaborate with third parties for API design and contracts
- Mentorship for junior engineers
Senior Consultant - Digital Commerce
IBM
Delhi, India
01.2013 - 02.2019
Senior consultant role entailed the following:
- Act as client's technical advisor for implementation of ecommerce functionality
- Help create a technical roadmap for the customer
- Responsible for design and leading development of critical ecommerce projects for customers
Technical Lead - Ecommerce
IBM
Boston, USA
01.2008 - 01.2013
- Lead design and Development of customer ecommerce initiatives
- Responsible for setting code practices and standards for the Development team
- Guide offshore Developers for their deliverables
Senior Developer - Ecommerce
IBM
London, Delhi, UK, India
07.2004 - 01.2008
- Responsible for leading development of a module of large ecommerce projects
- Responsible for end to end delivery of assigned modules
Education
Master of Science - Computers
Center For Development of Advanced Computing
India 06.2001 - 06.2004
Skills
Technical Leadership
API Design
Digital Commerce
AWS
NodeJS
Accomplishments
As part of Backend Lead, Amit has led numerous ecommerce initiatives for myeronline. However, below is a summary of some of the complex initiatives in which Amit has been a key contributor for Design and Delivery:
- FredHopper Implementation: Migration of Myer's search capabilities from in-house solr to a SaaS based solution called FredHopper
- Payments: Embedded payments (CyberSource) , Humm implementation, Apple pay implementation, 3DS, Card on File
- Delivery options: 1 hour click and collect, Split Cart
- Loyalty or myerone initiatives
Apart from these, I have been a key stakeholder in many engineering initiatives:
- Migrating Development Environments into AWS workspace
- Migration of stubs into AWS
- Myer's quality uplift programme
Timeline
Backend Lead - Unified Commerce
Myer
07.2020 - Current
Lead Developer
MYER
02.2019 - 07.2020
Senior Consultant - Digital Commerce
IBM
01.2013 - 02.2019
Technical Lead - Ecommerce
IBM
01.2008 - 01.2013
Senior Developer - Ecommerce
IBM
07.2004 - 01.2008
Master of Science - Computers
Center For Development of Advanced Computing
06.2001 - 06.2004