Shaan Kathuria

Principal Software Engineer | 12+ Years | C/C++ | Data Structures | Algorithms | System Design | Design Patterns | Agile Scrum Master | Project Management

Role
Principal Engineer at Aristocrat Gaming
Location
West Delhi, DL, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Shaan Kathuria

Forward-Looking Engineering & Product Leader with over 12 years of expertise in strategizing & building technical solutions & products. I have a proven track record of striving in uncertainty and unprecedented challenges, with ability to solve complex problems. I deliver technical excellence that drives business growth with increased revenue, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer

    Aristocrat Gaming

    Jan 2023 — Present

    Role and Responsibilities: • As a key member of the design and code review team, I ensured the development of robust, consistent, and reusable design and implementation strategies for an immersive slot game experience.• Leading and mentoring the team to understand, execute and deliver excellent quality games. Handling gaming projects from inception to completion, making decisions, and overcoming complex challenges using experience-backed judgment.• Active member of the hiring team and facilitated top talent recruitment by defining role requirements, establishing evaluation criteria, conducting interviews, and on-boarding new hires to ensure their successful ramp-up and contribution to the team.• Actively participating in pitching new automation ideas/software practices to reduce developers\' effort, increase productivity, avoid manual errors.• Facilitating effective usage of static analysis tool in my business division. Static analysis tools being used are SonarQueue(primary) & Cppcheck.Highlights:• Part of the core team which created HoldAndSpin V2.0. 8 out 12 titles released annually use this feature, this makes up for approx. 30% of total revenue annually.• Designed and implemented support for Dynamic symbols, expanding matrices, timer-based prizes. Out of 10 titles which used these features, 8 were blockbuster hits.• Implemented Queue support for purchased spins, thus opening a new revenue stream for previously blacklisted titles due to potential exploit.• Across the span of 7 years, worked on 4 different tech stacks in various roles, trained & mentored team members for high productivity and efficiency.

Education

  • Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

    2007 — 2011

Skills

  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • C++
  • Mfc
  • Microsoft Visual Studio C++
  • C++11
  • Design Patterns

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