Sowmya J
@sowmyaj
I lead cloud-native SaaS delivery and engineering teams for global OTT platforms.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
I've led delivery of Synamedia's TechOps observability platform across 15–20 production environments supporting 13M+ active subscribers. I grew the India team from 2 to 8 engineers, improved sprint commitment accuracy by about 25%, and helped reduce deployment lead times by 60–80%.
At Cisco, I owned the Audit Tool from concept through field deployment, delivering a Docker-packaged Python diagnostic framework across 15+ global customer environments. Earlier, I delivered embedded Java EPG variants used by pay-TV operators serving 125M+ households.
I bring hands-on engineering grounding to technical program delivery, Scrum leadership, architecture guidance, and people development. I've worked across India, the UK, Israel, the UAE, and Germany, and hold Professional Scrum Master II certification.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Associate Development Manager
Synamedia
Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 11 months)
Co-owned delivery of TechOps, a cloud-native observability platform, across 15-20 global production environments supporting 13M+ active subscribers. Led a team of 7-8 engineers, managed agile delivery, and drove cross-team dependency and release planning.
Lead Software Engineer
Synamedia
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 11 months)
Provided technical leadership and contributed to the delivery of TechOps, a cloud-native observability platform. Held Scrum Master responsibilities and coordinated cross-shore delivery with UK teams.
Took end-to-end ownership of the Automated Platform Diagnostic Tool, a Docker-packaged CLI diagnostic framework deployed across 15+ customer environments. Led a 5-person Scrum team and coordinated requirements across global stakeholders.
Continued as a Senior Engineer on the Evolution EPG platform, delivering customer-specific EPG variants and leading architectural refactoring. Served as Scrum Master during an 800-person Agile transformation.
Senior Software Engineer
NDS
Jan 2010 - Dec 2013 (3 years 11 months)
Advanced into core Java software development on the Evolution EPG platform, building domain expertise in embedded STB systems and broadcast signalling. Deployed onsite to Tel Aviv for live-environment triage.
Software Engineer
NDS
Jan 2007 - Dec 2010 (3 years 11 months)
Developed software on the Evolution EPG platform, focusing on core Java development and API-level test automation. Contributed to the delivery of customer-specific EPG variants.
Senior QC Engineer
NDS
Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Performed advanced quality control on the Evolution EPG platform, including white-box API test automation and onsite live-environment triage. Isolated system-level showstoppers and collaborated with developers to accelerate defect resolution.
QC Engineer
NDS
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005 (1 year 11 months)
Began career as a QC Engineer on the Evolution EPG platform, performing black-box functional testing and contributing to quality assurance for embedded television software.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), Scrum
Earned the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification from Scrum.org in 2025.
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, completed in 2004.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
GermanyAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
Skills
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