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Sonali M.

Software Engineering Leader | Founder

Hi, I'm Sonali. I'm a software engineering leader with 14+ years of experience both as a software engineer and engineering manager. I've worked across established companies as well as fast-paced startups, and for the past five to six years I've been in the fintech and crypto space.

I occasionally take on fractional engagements. If you're looking to establish or build a new team from scratch, strategize your roadmap, build a technical interview process or pipeline, fill a leadership gap, want someone as a career coach for your engineers, or anything else in software engineering, feel free to reach out and we can figure out if it's a good fit.

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Experience

Sep 2024 — Present
CoinTracker

CoinTracker

Senior Engineering Manager / Engineering Lead

We’re on a mission to enable everyone to use crypto with peace of mind. In 2017, we started CoinTracker to tackle a completely new problem in a centuries-old system: crypto taxes. Since then, we’ve helped over 2.5 million traders, investors, and professionals make sense of their taxes, build wealth, and use crypto to its full potential. What we do isn’t easy, but we promise you it’s rewarding. Some things that make us proud • Building foundational tools in the cryptocurrency space • Over 2.5M customers worldwide—and growing • 98% of employees say CoinTracker is a great place to work • Series A startup (team of 70) with a breakout trajectory • $100M+ venture capital raised If this sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you.

  • Lead engineering teams building CoinTracker’s crypto portfolio, tax, and enterprise products.
  • Drove architecture and reliability improvements for reconciliation and 1099-DA workflows.
  • Collaborated with product, tax, and design partners to ship audit-ready reporting features.
  • Scaled engineering processes for a remote-first, cross-functional organization.
Aug 2021 — Jul 2024
Chainalysis

Chainalysis

Engineering Manager

Chainalysis is a blockchain analysis company providing data and analysis to government agencies, exchanges, and financial institutions.

  • Led the scaling of a software engineering team from inception focusing on low-latency, scalable systems capturing entities & interactions in blockchains at speed.
  • Collaborated with Product and Engineering Leaders to formulate roadmaps & team vision, contributing to strategic decisions and company direction.
  • Spearheaded hiring initiatives, internship & new grad programs, aligning with Chainalysis's growth during the Series D to F transition.
  • Worked with AWS, Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, JavaScript and Web3 technologies.
Apr 2016 — Aug 2021
ADP

ADP

Lead Software Engineer - Web (Platform)

ADP is a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management solutions and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, analytics and compliance expertise.

  • Contributed to building a cloud-native low-code HCM app development platform.
  • Built an integrated event notification system using WebSockets, SQS, and Kinesis.
  • Worked on migrating from a monolith to a microservice-oriented architecture.
  • Developed frontend features with React/Redux and JavaScript and supported CI/CD with Docker, Kubernetes, Selenium, and Jenkins.
Aug 2012 — Dec 2012
NJIT Ying Wu College Of Computing

NJIT Ying Wu College Of Computing

Teaching Assistant ( Data Structures and Algorithms, Cryptography )

New Jersey Institute of Technology is the state's public polytechnic university and a leader in STEM education, research, economic development, and service.

  • Assisted instruction for Data Structures and Algorithms and Cryptography courses.
  • Held office hours, supported labs, and helped students with problem sets and algorithm implementation.
  • Graded assignments and provided feedback to reinforce course learning objectives.
Jun 2012 — Dec 2012
Forbes

Forbes

Software Engineer Intern

  • Contributed as a Software Engineer Intern at Forbes in New York.
  • Supported development tasks across the Forbes technology stack and assisted in feature delivery.
  • Gained hands-on experience with Java, Spring, Freemarker, PHP, and JavaScript frameworks.
Feb 2012 — Mar 2016
Forbes

Forbes

Software Engineer - (Forbes Digital)

Official page of Forbes, the world’s leading voice for entrepreneurial success and free enterprise.

  • Built ad bidding systems and publisher dashboards for Forbes.
  • Delivered key projects including Forbes 400.
  • Worked across Java, Spring, Freemarker, PHP, Angular, SQL, and MongoDB in production systems.
Jan 2012 — May 2012

Office Of Graduate Studies NJIT

Graduate Studies Assistant

  • Supported graduate studies administration and student services at NJIT in Newark, NJ.
  • Assisted with program coordination, student communications, and administrative workflows.
  • Helped maintain records and supported events related to graduate programs.