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Senior Engineering Manager at Dell Technologies | AI-Driven | Spec-Driven Development

About

🌟 Professional Summary Senior Engineering Manager at Dell Technologies with proven expertise in building, scaling, and modernizing world-class enterprise software organizations. Proven track record driving engineering execution across $3B+ product portfolios and delivering mission-critical data protection, storage, and cybersecurity solutions for 12,000+ global customers. Expert in boosting developer velocity by engineering Spec-Driven Development and AI-assisted frameworks that cut development cycle times by 40%. Combines research-driven innovation (PhD Candidate in AI-ML for Cybersecurity) with pragmatic leadership to manage high-performance engineering teams within flat operational structures. 🚀 Key Highlights: Holder of 45 granted patents, with an additional 40+ patent application filed at the USPTO. Significant expertise in enterprise product development, planning, and execution across distributed teams. Track record of improving organizational efficiency and product quality by implementing best practices and cutting-edge methodologies. Strong decision-making and entrepreneurial mindset, with an ability to influence and motivate teams to achieve excellence. 💡 Technical Expertise: CORE COMPETENCIES • Engineering Leadership: Org & Team Scaling, Cross-Functional Leadership, Agile/Scrum-of-Scrums, DevEx Infrastructure, Lifecycle Budgeting & Talent Architecture. • AI Engineering & Innovations: LLM Application Integration, Multi-Agent System Workflows, Agentic AI, Predictive Quality Engineering, Automated Defect Analytics. • Domain Architecture: Enterprise Data Protection, Storage Systems (SAN/NAS/HCI), Cloud-Native SaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP), Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV), HA/DR. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE • Programming Languages: C++, C#, Python, Java • Emerging Tech, AI & Tools: Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Workflows, LLM Integration, Neural Threat Analysis, Knowledge Extraction, Claude, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, MCP • Cloud-Native & DevOps: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365 SaaS Engineering, Jenkins, Harness CI/CD Pipelines, Microservices Architecture, Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Redis • Virtualization & Infra: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV (Acropolis), HCI, Docker, Kubernetes, Dell Native Edge Systems • Storage & Data Engineering: SAN, NAS, DAS, VSS, Snapshot Replication, High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA/DR), Dell PPDM, NetWorker, Avamar, Data Domain, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

claude

gemini

github copilot

hermes agent

openai

Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Dell Technologies, Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore, Drive the development, execution, and strategic growth of the PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) portfolio across enterprise cloud, virtualization, hybrid storage, and edge environments, playing a pivotal role in the product's innovation and success. Directly manage a high-velocity 22-member team in a flat organizational structure, previously scaling up to an organization of 50+ engineers (including 3 engineering managers).

Engineering Manager at Dell Technologies, Mar 2013 - Mar 2019 · 6 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Responsible for developing high quality Software Products related data protection and storage for Microsoft Business Applications such as SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, Hyper-V, Active Directory, including Windows File System and cluster enviornments.

Associate Engineering Manager, Software Development at EMC Corporation, Apr 2012 - Mar 2013 · 11 mo, Bangalore, Led a team of 9 efficient Engineers. My team was responsible for Software Development for NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications (NMM) and has developed high class software algorithm and logic on data protection. I was also responsible for developing packaging (installer) solutions for EMC NetWorker product lines on Windows platforms.

Senior Software Engineer at EMC, Apr 2010 - Mar 2012 · 2 yrs, Bangalore, Worked as a lead development engineer in one of the EMC's most critical product called NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications(NMM). NMM is an enterprise product designed to protect Microsoft business application data such as Exchange, SQL, Hyper-V, SharePoint, including Windows file system.

Software Engineer at EMC, Apr 2008 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs, Bangalore, Worked on NetWorker, one of the flagship product of EMC, Module development on Microsoft Business Applications like SharePoint and Exchange.

Education

Executive Education Programme- EDGE, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

B.Tech, Electrical, Utkal University