About

Kechit Goyal is an experienced developer, team player, and leader with a strong background in startups. With a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, he has over 12 years of relevant experience in the field. Currently, he serves as the Vice President and Head of Technology at Azent Overseas Education, where he is responsible for leading the technology team. Prior to his current role, Kechit was the Vice President of Technology at upGrad, where he provided rigorous industry-relevant programs in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. He played a crucial role in developing upGrad's products, including the Enrollment Platform, Learning Portal, and Career Centre. He also led the architecture and infrastructure team, which deployed microservices in Spring-Java, Django/Flask-Python, NodeJS, and AWS. Before joining upGrad, Kechit served as a Senior NLP Engineer at ZLemma, a technology startup that helps students and professionals identify the most suitable jobs for their talents. At ZLemma, he developed the proprietary metric ZLemma Quotient (ZQ), which is a candidate's suitability score for a prospective job. He utilized his skills in NLP, Machine Learning, Django, and Python to achieve this. Kechit's tech stack includes Microservices, AWS, NLP, Javascript, Spring, iOS, Flask, Web, infra, Python, Django, and ML. He is a strong engineering professional who is well-versed in using the latest technology, pedagogy, and services to create an immersive learning experience anytime and anywhere. Kechit is a team player who believes in team growth and knowledge sharing. He conducts periodic hackathons, team outings, and game-days, and shares knowledge within the team through fortnightly bits-and-bytes sessions. He also periodically publishes articles on his tech blog (https://engineering.upgrad.com) to share his knowledge with everyone. Overall, Kechit Goyal is a highly skilled and experienced technology leader who has made significant contributions to the startups he has worked with. He is a valuable asset to any organization that values innovation, collaboration, and growth.