About

Mayank Jaiswal is a Senior Engineering Manager at Nykaa, a leading cosmetics e-commerce platform in India. With over 12 years of experience in the industry, he is an expert in system design, software architecture, microservices, distributed applications, and big data. He has a proven track record of driving ROI through project execution and managing high-output engineering teams. Mayank has played a key role in pushing Nykaa's search click-through rate beyond industry standards, leveraging his expertise in search and machine learning. He has also built large-scale distributed systems for Nykaa and Gludo, which can handle 50k+ concurrent users. In addition, he has built data pipelines for Saavn and Nykaa, India's leading music streaming service. Mayank is a published author and has contributed to the book 'Building Microservices.' He has also written several articles on search and machine learning for 'Search in 21st Century.' He believes that search is a team sport and has shared his insights on the same in his article. Mayank's current role at Nykaa involves a mix of software architect, software engineer, and engineering manager. He leads a closely-knit team of six engineers who are responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining the whole system. He is always looking for great engineers to join his team. Prior to Nykaa, Mayank has worked with Whitehat Jr and Euler Systems in various capacities. At Euler Systems, he was responsible for data infrastructure, internal analytics platform, and customer-facing data dashboards. He upgraded the data pipeline to newer, faster, and low-cost technology alternatives and ensured high availability of the systems. Mayank holds a B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is proficient in several technologies, including Python, DevOps, Elastic Search, AWS, and Apache Airflow.