Navaneeth (Naveen)
Hands-on Engineering Leader | AI Products, Full-Stack Architecture & Zero-to-One Teams
naveen.workss@gmail.com+1 929 217 1404New York, NYLinkedInGithubHands-on engineering leader and full-stack product builder with more than a decade of experience taking ambitious software from concept to production. Joined Micro as its founding full-stack engineer, built and led most of its web product and engineering systems, and progressed to Head of Engineering. Experienced in AI-native products, agent systems, real-time applications, marketplaces, team building, and close partnership with founders from product strategy through launch.
- Built multiple platforms from concept to production
- Partners with founders from strategy through launch
- Builds and mentors engineering teams
- Hands-on across architecture and implementation
Professional Experience
Jan 2024–Present
2 yrs 9 mosNew York, NY
Head of Engineering
Partner with the CEO on product and technical strategy for Micro, an AI-native workspace connecting email, CRM, meetings, documents, tasks, automations, and custom applications.
Founding Full-Stack Engineer
Built Micro from a pre-product starting point into a production platform spanning email, CRM, contacts, meetings, tasks, documents, search, collaboration, automations, and custom applications.
2019–Present
7 yrs 9 mosNew York City
Architected and built a full creator marketplace from the ground up, covering campaign discovery, creator submissions, brand review and approvals, and company-wide administration.
2019–2020
1 yrSingapore
Built and presented an initial startup product while working with entrepreneurs, engineers, and designers in Antler’s Singapore program.
2018–2020
2 yrsSingapore
Partnered with creative teams to turn campaign concepts into interactive digital products and technology-led experiences.
2017–2021
4 yrsPart-time · Singapore
Co-founded an online counseling platform designed to make mental-health support more accessible in Southeast Asia.
2014–2022
8 yrsPart-time · Singapore
Led technical architecture and delivery for interactive web, commerce, and experiential projects.
Jun 2013–May 2018
5 yrsSingapore
Senior Application Developer
Led developers delivering hybrid and native applications, interactive web products, and immersive experiences.
Software Engineer
Delivered interactive web applications and digital campaigns across the full development lifecycle using JavaScript, React, and AngularJS.
Web Developer
Built and maintained responsive websites and interactive campaign pages.
Skills & Education
Leadership
- Engineering leadership
- Hiring
- Interviewing
- Performance management
- Mentoring
- Technical strategy
- Product delivery
- Founder partnership
Architecture and AI
- AI agents
- Agent harnesses
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Tool integrations
- Real-time systems
- Software architecture
- API design
- Automation
Product engineering
- Zero-to-one development
- Full-stack engineering
- Product management
- Design systems
- Marketplaces
- CRM
- Email platforms
- Collaboration tools
Platform and delivery
- AWS — view matching work
- Azure — view matching work
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions — view matching work
- Testing
- Deployment
- Serverless systems
- Vercel — view matching work
Selected creative technology
- React Native — view matching work
- Unity — view matching work
- Three.js — view matching work
- GSAP
- Electron — view matching work
- AR/VR
- Interactive installations
Education
BSc (Hons) in Information Technology
Management Development Institute of Singapore
2017-2019
Diploma in Information Technology
Republic Polytechnic
2012-2015