About
Hi, I’m Kiran! I am a Squad Group Software Engineering Manager at Nokia leading two squad groups - one for the development of Nokia OS, a carrier grade Linux Operating System and one for the DevOps CI/CD organization for 3G, 4G and 5G Platform and Edge Cloud Products. My background at Nokia includes:
- 17 Years of hands-on professional software development experience in Agile product development
- Manages and leads 2 teams - one for Nokia’s Linux OS development for various edge cloud products and one for the DevOps CI/CD Loop Infrastructure Frameworks within a global multi-site environment
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified for demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies
- Expert Product Management Award for PoC of Li-Fi based Nokia telecom products
- Lead new Feature and Security vulnerability discussions with third-parties like MontaVista and WindRiver for feature integration
- Specialization in C++, C, UNIX/LINUX development, Distributed and Multithreaded Software Architecture
- Expertise in System Design, Development and Testing of software applications through Agile, ATDD and SBE modes of development
- Handled onsite competence responsibilities for the Hardware Management domains at the Espoo R&D Center in 2014 and the Middleware Application domains at Helsinki R&D Center in 2008
- Expertise in Software Engineering Management that includes Agile Software Engineering Management in Scrum Teams, People Management, Recruitment, Competence Development, Career Coaching, Jira Backlog Management, R&D Pipeline Projections, CI/CD DevOps Infrastructure & Engineering Process Improvements
- Experience and understanding of the product development lifecycle and processes
- 6 years of Agile experience as a Scrum Master and integral member of a self-directed agile development team varying in size from 5 to 10 employing a scrum-based methodology
- Over 8 years of object oriented large scale distributed software development expertise
- Expertise in major Programming Languages: C++, C, Rust, JavaScript, CSS, Svelte, Python with VSCode