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Avinash DandothkarAD

Avinash Dandothkar

Software Engineering Manager

On-demand
Bournemouth, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Avinash

Results‑driven Software Engineering & Delivery Manager with 21+ years of experience leading cross‑functional teams, Agile delivery, and complex digital transformation programs across the UK, USA, and India. Adept at translating business requirements into clear, actionable delivery and supply‑chain strategies by partnering closely with stakeholders, Product Owners, and Procurement teams.

Proven ability to shape and maintain robust pipelines of future work, define forward‑thinking delivery models, and coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams—Platforms, Infrastructure, and strategic supplier leads—to ensure cohesive program execution. Skilled at facilitating Agile ceremonies, managing cross-functional teams, and driving continuous improvement. Adept at fostering collaboration, removing obstacles, and ensuring seamless integration across development, QA, DevOps, and support functions

Strong track record in navigating matrix organisations, managing critical paths, mitigating risks, and driving timely contract awards. Skilled at integrating into cross‑functional teams to gather market insights, capacity intelligence, and supplier performance data to support strategic decision‑making. Recognised for mentoring teams, championing best‑in‑class Agile methodologies, and fostering a proactive risk‑management culture across Business Units.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Bournemouth (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
    Software Engineering Manager
    August 2004 - Today (21 years and 10 months)
    • • Led 4+ Scrum teams (7–12 members each) across Sitecore, Angular, Microservices, and .NET technologies.
    • • Managed performance and career development for 30+ engineers in team, aligning with organizational goals.
    • • Delivered large-scale digital transformation programs improving customer experience and operational efficiency.
    • • Coached 20+ Agile teams, improving sprint completion rates by 25% and enhancing delivery predictability.
    • • Implemented Agile best practices, backlog grooming, and sprint planning with 3+ Product Owners.
    • • Implemented industry best practices for software engineering, including Agile methodology, DevOps, code review, and testing, and was involved hands-on at times
    • • Monitored team performance using burn-down, burn-up charts and other flow metrics ensuring transparency and accountability
    • • Hands-on involvement in delivery of Microservices architecture, DevOps, and modernization initiatives.
  • Vitality Corporate Services Limited, UK
    Software Engineering Manager
    December 2018 - Today (7 years and 6 months)
    Bournemouth, UK
    • • Built and scaled new Scrum teams to deliver critical digital transformation initiatives.
    • • Delivered consolidated Digital Member Zone and digitized Member Care journey.
    • • Managed both development and operations teams for portfolio products.
    • • Tools: AWS, AngularJS, .NET, Sitecore, Microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka
  • Unum Limited,
    Scrum Master
    February 2017 - December 2018 (1 year and 10 months)
    Hyderabad Kidney And Laparoscopic Centre, Hyderabad, TG, India
    • • Facilitated Agile ceremonies and transitioned teams to Agile workflows.
    • • Monitored team performance using burn-down and burn-up charts.
    • • Managed dev and ops teams, aligning delivery with business goals.

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Education

  • Certified SAFe Product Manager and Product Owner
    Certified SAFe Product Manager and Product Owner
  • SAFe Certified Agile Practitioner
    2019
    SAFe Certified Agile Practitioner

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