Nikhil Desai - CTO, Software Engineer, Sidepilot

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Work Background

MentorcamChief Technology Officer

Sep. 2023United StatesGet advice from the world’s BEST mentors. Book 1:1 calls with founders and leaders of the world’s best startups and brands.

EarnestHead of Product Engineering

Oct. 2019 - Jun. 2023

ModalHead Of Engineering @Modal (formerly Drive Motors)

Aug. 2017 - Oct. 2019San FranciscoAt Drive Motors, we were working hard to provide the best possible e-commerce experiences for auto dealers and OEMs. With the Drive Motors online checkout experience, car buyers could order directly from the dealership website, day or night, including financing, leasing, trade-ins, vehicle upgrades, and pickup or same-day delivery. We used a technology stack that consisted of ReactJS, NodeJS, Redis, MySQL.

CNoteVP of Engineering

May. 2016 - Aug. 2017San Francisco Bay AreaCNote is an award-winning way to invest in the causes and communities you care about. I joined the team as the first engineer, architected and built the first version of CNote technology platform from scratch using AWS services such as EC2, RDS, CloudFront with NodeJS, ReactJS, JavaScript.

Lending ClubSenior Software Engineer

Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2017San Francisco- Led architecture and design for third-party integrations with LendingTree, Credit Karma and others - Improved performance of key microservices that resulted in better conversion for personal loans funnels - Mentored junior engineers on the team on engineering best practices for building scalable performant systems

Citrix Systems Inc.Senior Software Engineer, GoToMeeting

Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015San Francisco- Led a team of engineers on the development of the company’s most profitable product - GoToMeeting - Introduced the use of AWS services and architected new microservices for GoToMeeting - Led development of beta features that resulted in a higher conversion rate and customer engagement

Hackbright AcademyMentor

Jun. 2013 - Aug. 2013San FranciscoHackbright’s driving mission is to change the ratio in engineering and technology by providing the industry with strong, smart, and talented women

CitrixSoftware Engineer 2, Android

Jan. 2010 - Jan. 2013Santa Barbara, California- Took an initiative to build the Google Glass version of GoToAssist product - Developed several features for Android apps for the GotoAssist product line

CitrixSoftware Engineer 1

Dec. 2007 - Jan. 2010Santa Barbara, California Area- Designed and built customer facing reporting features for goto products providing insights into product usage - Built reporting platform using Java (Spring), Oracle, and internal APIs that provides real time analytics for products

NXTV, Inc.Software Engineer / DBA

Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2007Woodland Hills, VA- Automated financial reporting of transactions performed at remote installations - Made various improvements in the internal admin interfaces