Rohit Vhora

Senior Engineering Manager with 13+ years building consumer-facing web and mobile digital experiences, including 7+ years leading high-performing engineering teams end to end. Lead two teams (20+ engineers) owning React (web) and React Native (iOS and Android) for an integrated platform serving 112,000+ daily active users across 1,000+ retail locations. Translate business requirements into scalable enterprise platform architecture, run extreme Agile delivery with product, design, and UX partners to ship features 38% faster, and drive AI-assisted development adoption — GitHub Copilot rolled out organization-wide for a 25% productivity gain, plus an internal AI toolkit with custom agents.

Build engineering cultures that last: 95% team retention and 8 engineers developed into senior and lead roles.

Senior Engineering Manager at Best Buy (2025-08 – Present)

Lead frontend engineering (React web, React Native for iOS and Android apps) for Connect — an integrated digital platform serving 112,000+ retail associates across 1,000+ store locations. Own technical strategy, architecture decisions, and the digital experience roadmap spanning authentication, profile management, notifications, and feedback flows, partnering with product and UX leadership to align engineering delivery with business goals.

• Lead 2 engineering teams (20+ engineers) accountable for technical direction, delivery commitments, and career development. Built a high-performing culture achieving 95% retention and developed 8 engineers into senior and lead roles (6 Senior Engineers, 2 Tech Leads) within 18 months; converted a key contractor to full-time, retaining critical platform expertise.
• Designed a unified platform architecture — a UI-less wrapper managing shared state, routing, and analytics — that consolidated 10 of the platform's 30+ SSR micro-frontends into one cohesive digital experience. Eliminated manual integration overhead and enabled 38% faster feature shipping, roughly 3–4 weeks saved per quarter, translating a fragmented micro-frontend ecosystem into a scalable platform that accelerates time-to-market.
• Lead AI-assisted development strategy and adoption across both teams. Rolled out GitHub Copilot organization-wide for ~25% faster code development and a 30% reduction in code review cycle time; built an internal AI Development Toolkit with custom agents that scaffold micro-frontend boilerplate and automate repetitive engineering tasks; use Claude Code for internal tooling and platform automation. Actively building AI/ML fundamentals to guide the team's evolution toward AI-first engineering practices.
• Deployed to 1,000+ retail locations supporting mission-critical store operations, achieving a 99.95% uptime SLA and a 52% year-over-year reduction in production incidents through improved reliability practices, automated testing, and incident response procedures.
• Led a Next.js migration for Connect Web, reaching 0.4s First Contentful Paint, 0.7s Largest Contentful Paint, and a 0.5s Speed Index — Lighthouse performance scores of 1.0, 0.99, and 1.0 respectively — through server-side rendering, strategic code-splitting, lazy-loaded micro-frontends, and bundle optimization. Established a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline enabling 12 deployments per day, shifting the team toward continuous delivery and reducing time-to-value for new features.
• Built the platform with React and Module Federation supporting both client-side rendering for web and server-side rendering for in-app WebView delivery from a single codebase, eliminating code duplication and ensuring consistent digital experiences across web and mobile.
• Run extreme Agile delivery — sprint planning, backlog grooming, capacity planning, velocity tracking — keeping the team focused on rapid, incremental value delivery. Coach and mentor engineers through structured 1:1s, technical skill development, and career progression frameworks, fostering psychological safety and code excellence where engineers are empowered to make architectural decisions.

Engineering Manager at Best Buy (2023-11 – 2025-08)

Lead frontend engineering (React web, React Native for iOS and Android apps) for Connect — an integrated digital platform serving 112,000+ retail associates across 1,000+ store locations. Own technical strategy, architecture decisions, and the digital experience roadmap spanning authentication, profile management, notifications, and feedback flows, partnering with product and UX leadership to align engineering delivery with business goals.

• Lead 2 engineering teams (20+ engineers) accountable for technical direction, delivery commitments, and career development. Built a high-performing culture achieving 95% retention and developed 8 engineers into senior and lead roles (6 Senior Engineers, 2 Tech Leads) within 18 months; converted a key contractor to full-time, retaining critical platform expertise.
• Designed a unified platform architecture — a UI-less wrapper managing shared state, routing, and analytics — that consolidated 10 of the platform's 30+ SSR micro-frontends into one cohesive digital experience. Eliminated manual integration overhead and enabled 38% faster feature shipping, roughly 3–4 weeks saved per quarter, translating a fragmented micro-frontend ecosystem into a scalable platform that accelerates time-to-market.
• Lead AI-assisted development strategy and adoption across both teams. Rolled out GitHub Copilot organization-wide for ~25% faster code development and a 30% reduction in code review cycle time; built an internal AI Development Toolkit with custom agents that scaffold micro-frontend boilerplate and automate repetitive engineering tasks; use Claude Code for internal tooling and platform automation. Actively building AI/ML fundamentals to guide the team's evolution toward AI-first engineering practices.
• Deployed to 1,000+ retail locations supporting mission-critical store operations, achieving a 99.95% uptime SLA and a 52% year-over-year reduction in production incidents through improved reliability practices, automated testing, and incident response procedures.
• Led a Next.js migration for Connect Web, reaching 0.4s First Contentful Paint, 0.7s Largest Contentful Paint, and a 0.5s Speed Index — Lighthouse performance scores of 1.0, 0.99, and 1.0 respectively — through server-side rendering, strategic code-splitting, lazy-loaded micro-frontends, and bundle optimization. Established a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline enabling 12 deployments per day, shifting the team toward continuous delivery and reducing time-to-value for new features.
• Built the platform with React and Module Federation supporting both client-side rendering for web and server-side rendering for in-app WebView delivery from a single codebase, eliminating code duplication and ensuring consistent digital experiences across web and mobile.
• Run extreme Agile delivery — sprint planning, backlog grooming, capacity planning, velocity tracking — keeping the team focused on rapid, incremental value delivery. Coach and mentor engineers through structured 1:1s, technical skill development, and career progression frameworks, fostering psychological safety and code excellence where engineers are empowered to make architectural decisions.

Associate Manager at Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2021-06 – 2023-11)

Architected a scalable micro-frontend platform (React, TypeScript, NestJS, Tailwind CSS, Next.js SSR) using Module Federation — the foundational architecture later scaled to 1,000+ store deployment and 112,000+ daily users at Best Buy. Designed modular digital experiences (authentication, user profiles, transaction flows) that could be independently versioned and deployed, proving the platform approach at enterprise scale.

• Built a CLI to scaffold micro-frontend boilerplate, enabling new features to ship independently while maintaining shared platform standards. Led enterprise digital platform delivery for multiple clients, including touch-screen ATM interfaces and complex API integrations in high-reliability, mission-critical environments.
• Managed a team of 10+ engineers as Associate Manager, establishing Agile practices — sprint planning, retrospectives, capacity and velocity planning — and building an engineering culture focused on delivery excellence.

Team Lead at Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2018-12 – 2021-06)

Led team of engineers in designing and delivering scalable micro-frontend architecture and digital platform solutions.

Senior Software Engineer at Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2016-10 – 2018-11)

Built scalable micro-frontend platforms and digital experiences using modern frontend technologies.

Software Engineer at Capgemini (2013 – 2016)

Building JavaScript and Angular.js front ends and integrating APIs under Agile delivery.

Software Engineer at Diebold Solutions (2013 – 2016)

Building JavaScript and Angular.js front ends and integrating APIs under Agile delivery.

Senior Software Engineer at Avalara Technologies (2013 – 2016)

Building JavaScript and Angular.js front ends and integrating APIs under Agile delivery.

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering – Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (2009 – 2013)