👋 Hi, I’m Ankit — a hands-on Director of Engineering with 12+ years of experience scaling high-performance teams and building production-grade systems across backend, frontend, mobile, and GenAI. Currently at Urban Company, I lead 25+ engineers across pods (backend, frontend, DevOps, QA), with deep expertise in: 🧠 System Design • Microservices Architecture • API Design 💻 Backend Engineering (Java, Spring Boot, Node.js) 🖥️ Frontend (React.js, React Native, Micro-frontends) 📱 Mobile App Infra & Stability (React Native upgrade, CI/CD) ⚙️ DevOps (AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines) 🤖 GenAI (LLMs, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, Vector DBs) 👥 Team Leadership, Mentorship & Career Growth --- Whether you’re an engineer aiming for SDE2/SDE3, a tech lead planning org capabilities, or a founder trying to build GenAI MVPs — I can help. ✅ Book a session if you need: - System design deep dives - Resume or portfolio reviews - GenAI MVP architecture - Career growth guidance for ICs or new EMs - Startup tech scaling or org design advisory