Rajesh Soni

About Rajesh Soni

Tech & Product Executive | Scaling AI-Driven Platforms | Driving Business Growth through InnovationI am a technology and product leader with 21+ years of experience in AI-powered e-commerce platforms, large-scale architecture, and cross-border team leadership. As Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) at Sociolla, I have led transformational growth—scaling our tech team from 15 to 120+ members, migrating from legacy tech to a modern microservices based architecture, and driving cost efficiency (52% infra savings) while handling 35x business growth. Key Achievements: Technology & Business Impact• Re-architected Sociolla’s platform, improving uptime to 99.99%.• Accelerated mobile app development—reducing time-to-market.• Led regional expansion into Vietnam, leveraging scalable infrastructure.• Integrated AI & real-time analytics, enabling predictive demand forecasting & deep consumer insights. Building & Leading High-Performance Teams• Scaled & structured a 120+ member engineering & product team across Indonesia, India, and Vietnam.• Developed leadership pipelines—mentoring teams into HOD, Director, and Engineering Manager roles.• Implemented career ladder frameworks, 1:1 coaching, and cross-team mentorship.• Cross-border collaboration success: Introduced team rotations, hackathons, and cultural exchange programs, eliminating trust barriers & improving coordination. Strategic Innovation & Future Vision• Built a centralized Data Warehouse & real-time data pipeline, empowering data-driven decisions.• Developed Zero Trust Security frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven software testing.• Converted internal tech platforms into SaaS, opening new revenue opportunities.• Spearheading AI-driven Skin Analysis, Sentiment-Based Review Sorting, and AI-powered demand forecasting.• LLM & RAG-based AI initiatives to enhance engineering & product development workflows.I believe in scaling technology, fostering innovation, and enabling product-led business growth. Passionate about AI, automation, SaaS, and future tech, I continuously drive efficiency, scalability, and cutting-edge solutions to enhance customer experience and business expansion. Let’s connect if you’re passionate about scaling technology & business through AI and innovation!

Experience

1. Chief Product and Technology Officer

   Sociolla

   Aug 2022 — Present · Jakarta, ID

   Leading the next phase of Sociolla’s innovation, from AI & automation to product-led growth & security transformation.• Unified Product & Tech leadership, creating a metrics-driven culture across both domains.• Overhauled mobile apps, reducing time-to-market from 6 months to 2 months.• Grew tech & product teams to 120+ members across Indonesia, India & Vietnam.• Integrated AI & ML for personalization, analytics, and process automation.• Revamped organizational structure, defining clear KPIs, promotion criteria, and performance evaluation frameworks.• Expanded internal tech capabilities, developing HRMS, Warehouse Operations Management, and B2B Business Portals.• Spearheading SaaS expansion & AI-driven business optimizations.

Education

• International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

  Post Graduate Diploma, Data Science

• Deakin University

  Master of Data Science (Global), Data Science

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Post Graduate Program in AI & ML, AI & ML

• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  eMasters, AI & ML

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Javascript Libraries
• Mongodb
• Project Management
• Test Automation
• Web Services
• Node.js
• Front-End Engineering
• Jscript
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Software Project Management
• Sass
• Software Design
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Product Management
• Elasticsearch
• Rest
• Performance Tuning
• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Soa
• Requirements Gathering
• Strategic Thinking
• Postgresql
• Team Management
• Sdlc
• Angularjs
• Solution Architecture
• Strategy
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Architecture
• Enterprise Software
• Leadership
• Product Development
• Wcf
• C#