EP 68 : Transitioning from an Engineer to an Engineering Leader | Chetan Kalyan (VP - Engineering, Meesho)

Meesho is India's largest social commerce platform, on a mission to enable anyone to start their businesses with zero investment. Our entrepreneurs largely comprise housewives (between 25-45) from middle-income households and/or tier 2+ India.

Chetan leads Meesho’s engineering vertical as the Vice President. A Stanford graduate, Chetan has held multiple engineering roles at the likes of Qualcomm Flipkart, and Circle.ai.

In the first episode of The Startup Operator Manager Series, Roshan is joined by Augustus D’Souza, Founder & CEO of Clergo, to have a chat with Chetan on -

02:20 - His journey so far 

04:09 - Engineering at Meesho 

10:54 - Product & Engineering overlaps 

15:45 - Balancing product roadmap in e-commerce  

18:27 - Hiring & onboarding engineers with domain expertise 

23:43 - What makes a good engineer? 

26:24 -  Focusing on quality 

31:06 - Evaluating the right-fit engineer  

35:19 - Transitioning from an engineer to an engineering leader 

40:22 - Biggest challenges 

42:57 - Remote operations

Connect with Chetan -

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chetan-kalyan

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