Rakesh Roy

About Rakesh Roy

Engineering Leader with 10+ years of experience in React, PHP, WordPress, and cloud-native solutions.I lead technical strategy for global platforms, building fast, scalable websites that boost user experience and business growth. Passionate about clean code, modern practices, and empowering teams to deliver excellence.BigrockBluehostMarkmonitorNetwork Solutions

Experience

1. Associate Engineering Manager

   Newfold Digital

   Apr 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   I lead engineering for customer-facing platforms across some of the world\'s most recognised hosting and domain brands — BigRock, Bluehost, MarkMonitor, and Network Solutions — as part of Newfold Digital\'s global engineering organisation.My niche is the intersection of WordPress, React, and performance engineering. I build teams and systems that ship fast, reliable digital experiences at scale.Day to day, that means setting technical direction, driving architecture decisions, and shipping alongside my team using PHP, React, Next.js, WordPress, and modern CI/CD pipelines.Some of what I\'ve owned and shipped: architected Bluehost\'s stack optimisation, DB backup strategy, and a Docker base image framework that eliminated deployment inconsistencies; drove measurable performance gains across high-traffic hosting platforms at scale.Migration complexity is where I thrive. I\'ve driven multiple high-stakes platform and infrastructure migrations at Newfold Digital — spearheading the full AEM to WordPress migration for Network Solutions and playing a key role in the data centre to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) transition. Each demanded rigorous architecture planning, risk mitigation, and the ability to align engineers, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders toward a single outcome — zero disruption.I believe the best engineering teams are built on clean code, honest feedback, and shared ownership. I run teams where engineers grow — not just ship.That means investing in code quality practices, knowledge-sharing, and making sure every engineer on the team understands the \"why\" behind what we build, not just the \"how.\"Outside of Newfold, I\'m the author of the Bitly URL Shortener WordPress plugin — downloads and actively maintained. I write about WordPress block development, React, and performance engineering at royrakesh.dev.

Education

• West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2012 — 2016

• Coochbehar Rambhola High School

  Higher Secondary, General Studies

  2004 — 2011

Skills

• Business Development
• Vendor Management
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Team Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Management Consulting
• Marketing Strategy
• IT Service Management
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Real Estate Development
• New Business Development
• Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Management
• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Strategic Planning