Kavya Menon
@kavyamenon
Product-focused engineering leader building scalable SaaS and AI-enabled frontend experiences.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Product & Engineering Lead with 5+ years building scalable SaaS products and bridging product strategy with engineering execution. I lead and mentor a team of 10 developers, set technical direction, and drive ownership through code reviews and continuous improvement.
Recently, I built an end-to-end social listening platform using Playwright/Puppeteer, XLM-RoBERTa for multilingual sentiment analysis, and OpenAI API integrations for contextual summarization—delivering real-time brand monitoring and analytics. Earlier, as a Senior Frontend Engineer, I improved page load times by 70% and SEO rankings by 40%, and migrated to AWS S3/Lambda/CloudFront to cut server costs by 80% with CI/CD via GitHub Actions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Product Engineering Lead
Sketchnote
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Led a team of 10 developers, setting technical direction and driving code quality through reviews. Owned the product roadmap and delivered a social listening platform using Playwright/Puppeteer for scraping, XLM-RoBERTa for multilingual sentiment, and OpenAI API integrations for real-time dashboards.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Sketchnote
Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)
Improved frontend performance and SEO by reducing page load times 70% and increasing SEO rankings 40% via caching and lazy-loading. Migrated to AWS S3/Lambda/CloudFront with CI/CD on GitHub Actions, cutting server costs 80%, and integrated Meta and Google Ads APIs for unified marketing analytics.
Frontend Engineer
Sketchnote
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)
Built dashboards for reporting, social media analytics, real-time collaborative documents, time tracking, and custom forms for the core product. Forked and customized open-source repositories to meet product-specific requirements, enabling collaboration features with Liveblocks and Yjs.
Freelance Developer
Self-Employed
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)
Built responsive websites and app prototypes for local businesses, improving their online presence during COVID-19. Partnered with clients to translate requirements into frontend deliverables.
Network Engineer
Ericsson
Jan 2015 - Jan 2018 (3 years)
Delivered network optimisation training and provided tailored telecom solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Applied optimization-focused support to help improve client network performance.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Ericsson
Network Engineer, Network Engineering
2015 - 2018
Completed a Network Engineering program at Ericsson in Bangalore (2015–2018), delivering network optimization training and tailored telecom solutions for Fortune 500 clients.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Bachelor of Technology
2011 - 2015
Grade: 8.02
Completed a B.Tech program at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham from 2011 to 2015 (GPA: 8.02).
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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Skills
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