Shashank Shekhar
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CrowdAnalytix

Senior Product Engineer

2019 – Present

Leading the design and delivery of enterprise product discovery and taxonomy platforms. Focused on scale, reliability, and AI-assisted workflows for large retail catalogs.

High-Scale Product Discovery Platform

  • Scaled to 7.7M+ SKUs with Typesense faceting and schema-driven UI.
  • Designed bulk edit, auditing, and review workflows for retail teams.
  • Improved search latency and relevance with tuned indexing pipelines.

Taxonomy & Classification Management

  • Built hierarchical governance for category and attribute updates.
  • Integrated ML-assisted classification suggestions into dashboards.
  • Reduced manual effort with curated review queues and validation.

Modernization & DevOps

  • Replatformed services with FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Improved deployment reliability with IaC and monitoring routines.
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams on roadmap and delivery.

Independent / Freelance

Before 2019, I worked as a freelance engineer preparing and customizing ecommerce websites using WooCommerce, WordPress, PHP, and AWS. Focused on rapid delivery, launch support, and performance tuning for small businesses.