Hi! I'm Sid👋🏽
in Engineering Leadership role
in building Web & Mobile apps
in building & scaling Backends
Building the teams and systems behind products that millions of people use every single day.
1M+
DAU
Daily Active Users
UKG Pro app serving 1M+ DAU on iOS & Android, top 15 business chart.
80%
Reduction
Incident Reduction
Major customer impact events slashed through resilient engineering.
$4M+
Savings
Annual Cost Savings
Engineering-led cost reduction through targeted process improvements.
5+
New products
Greenfield Projects
Launched many new greenfield projects at UKG & Okta both external and internal-facing.
Drove Technology Transformation
Spearheaded the migration from monolithic architecture to microservices, enabling 10x faster feature delivery. Introduced modern CI/CD practices reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
Built & Scaled High-Performing Teams
Built and scaled high-performing engineering teams from the ground up across multiple regions. Led aggressive hiring initiatives resulting in 30+ new hires across US, Canada, and India.
“Sid's transition from QA lead to team manager showcases his exceptional capabilities in both leadership and technical expertise in mobile and web development nuances. As the manager of the mobile platform group, Sid united the team with his positive attitude, clear vision, and strong mentorship. Sid fostered a collaborative and inclusive environment, always willing to share his knowledge and support his colleagues.”
Read more...“Beyond his technical expertise, what sets Sid apart is his calm and focused leadership style. On multiple occasions, I had the opportunity to work under his leadership, and his clarity of vision, structured approach to problem-solving, and commitment to organizational goals significantly contributed to the team's success. He has a remarkable ability to align team efforts with broader business objectives while fostering collaboration and accountability.”
Read more...75M+
Requests
Daily API Requests
API Gateway scaled to handle 75M+ requests per day across data centres.
99.99%
Uptime
Uptime Achieved
Near-perfect availability built through resilient architecture decisions.
Top 10
Ranked in business charts
App Store Ranking
UKG Pro catapulted to top 10 business apps on both major platforms.
1M+
DAU
Daily Active Users
Production mobile applications serving more than 1M users every day.
Technical Stack
API Gateway Architecture
Designed and scaled an API Gateway handling 75M+ daily requests across distributed data centres with 99.998% uptime SLA.
UKG Pro Mobile Platform
Led engineering on the UKG Pro mobile app — iOS & Android — elevating it to a top 10 business app ranking while serving 1M+ daily active users.
CI/CD Pipeline Modernisation
Adopted Nx Cloud and TestMu AI to dramatically cut build and test times, securing org-wide contracts after demonstrating clear ROI.
macOS & iOS Personal Apps
Designed and shipped multiple macOS and iOS apps using SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit, Combine, MapKit, CoreData, and Swift extensions.
35→82%
Test Coverage
Test Coverage Growth
Increased overall test coverage from 35% to ~82% across the mobile platform.
3×
Suites Built
Test Automation Suites
Built UI, API, and PSR automation suites from the ground up. Used by multiple teams across the org.
8+
Contributing Teams
Org wide adoption
Led adoption of a testing framework, with results aggregated into a unified dashboard.
A/B+
Testing Score
Canary & A/B Testing
Experimental A/B and canary rollouts with strict success criteria before GA.
Mobile Automation Platform
Built UI, API, and PSR automation for the UKG Pro mobile app using Selenium, Appium, XCTest, and internal frameworks; integrated across teams.
Domain-Wide Quality Standards
Streamlined domain-wide quality guidelines enabling scalable development. Achieved lower regression times amid frequent release cycles.
A/B & Canary Rollouts
Established A/B testing methodology for user flows with clear success criteria. Implemented canary API version testing to validate low error rates before full rollout.
Production Observability
Established production logging, visibility, and alerting infrastructure. Monitored quality signals in Kibana and Pendo to drive data-informed decisions.