Sumit Poddar

Sumit Poddar has extensive work experience in software engineering and growth roles.

In their most recent position as a Senior Software Engineer at Zip Co, they led an initiative to develop a self-serve password change feature, reducing customer service calls. Sumit also worked on resolving customer discrepancy issues and building resilient APIs for other teams to use. Additionally, they actively collaborated with multiple squads to minimize development time and meet deadlines. As a Growth Engineer at Zip Co, Sumit designed and implemented a successful Refer-A-Friend program and refreshed customer data, resulting in increased sales and engagements.

Previously, at BrandLink Australia, they proposed and implemented the use of a search engine for better product retrieval, improving system performance and reducing costs.

Before that, at Dan Murphy's, Sumit served as a Tech Lead, overseeing the development of an orchestration layer and working closely with various teams to deliver new features. Sumit also played a crucial role in a re-platform program and successfully redesigned the Responsys integration, significantly reducing runtime.

In their early career at Woolworths Group, Sumit worked as a Software Engineer, contributing to multiple brands and delivering features like Shipsmart, LayBy, and various integrations. Sumit was also involved in a payment gateway migration project.

Sumit Poddar pursued their Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology during the period from 2006 to 2010.