About

Vivek Mankonda is a highly skilled software developer with 5.5 years of experience building fintech, gaming, and travel platforms that are used by millions. He is a computer science professional who has worked with dynamic global teams, developing intensive fintech products in a B2C space and travel products in a B2B space, all from scratch. Vivek has worked with early-stage startups to develop his product sense and a 360-degree approach. He believes that he is not all about coding, which gives him an edge to bring that touch of reality and human experience to a product. Currently, he is working as an R&D Projects Engineer at Needle Innovision Pvt. Ltd. At Needle Innovision, Vivek has built a fintech app called Finch from 0 to 1, implemented IP registered trading algorithms, and led cross-functional remote teams. He has interacted with all stakeholders, including business and customers. He has also developed a scalable platform for a global travel major, including system design, architecture, and core development. Vivek has actively contributed to Needle's own product through research, story design, and system design. He has built MVP of celebrity video first social media platform and POC of detecting the speed of a moving car in a video. The latter was later helpful for the company in securing a business deal from a large automobile company. Prior to Needle Innovision, Vivek worked as a Software Engineer at Thoughtclan and as an Internship Trainee at Tata Steel. At Thoughtclan, he received special recognition from a Fortune 500 company for working on their global and regional platforms. He also automated extensively to speed up site migration to AEM by at least 10x and improved site performance by 40%. He designed and developed web components for future use and built an in-house Asset Tracker Application as a training period project, which is being used as an internal application by the company ever since. Vivek holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from Heritage Institute of Technology. He also completed his formal education at Kerala Samajam Model School, Jamshedpur. Vivek has expertise in AWS, Docker, MongoDB, Spring, Java, Javascript, Research Scientist, Jenkins, Microservices, Web, Spring Boot, and Mobile. With 5.20 years of relevant experience, Vivek is a team player with excellent communication skills and a passion for