About

Basavaraj S Patil is an accomplished HR professional with over 10 years of experience in leadership and lateral hiring, stakeholder and candidate management, and customer service orientation. He is currently working as an Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition at Meesho, where he is responsible for hiring backend SDE-II, III, IV engineers, EM, Sr.EM, Architect & Sr. Architect, and leading Backend and Data science verticals. Basavaraj has also worked as a Senior Specialist - Talent Acquisition (Engineering & Data Science Lead) at Embibe, where he handled requirements from SDE 4 to SDE 6 level with a 5-member team. He was also on an IC role and hired candidates for high scalable projects from top-notch institutes and from e-commerce/B2C/startup based companies. Prior to Embibe, Basavaraj worked as a Director - Talent Acquisition at SRM Infoservice, where he handled requirements from SDE-4 to SDE-7 level with a 7-member team. Basavaraj has experience in setting up the HR division from scratch for an internet startup and building and managing high-performing lean teams. He has partnered with founders/key stakeholders/hiring managers/business leaders to ensure deliverables and designed and driven TA & HR strategy in alignment with business strategy. Basavaraj has expertise in technology hiring across all levels and is skilled in social media hiring, leadership hiring, specialized technical recruiting skills in high volume, niche and passive hiring, conducting targeted recruiting campaigns, targeted research, solid understanding of market trends and competitive landscape, staffing metrics and processes, vendor management, employee development, workforce planning, and talent management. Basavaraj holds an MBA in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General from Presidency Business School, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Business Management - IT from Chetana Hi Tech College, Davanagere. He has relevant experience of 12.28 years and is proficient in Senior Software Engineer, Backend, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, Research Scientist, test, Search, product manager, Data Engineering, DevOps, SDET, and Frontend. Basavaraj is resilient with enormous energy and known as an influential with a special talent for building cooperative and productive work environments that foster achievement of corporate goals.