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title: "Ankit Mahanot - Senior Engineering Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ankit Mahanot, Ex-Zynga, BITS-Pilani, IIM-A | Engineering Leader | Built & Scaled Platforms Handling Billions of Daily Requests | Org Design • Execution • Scalability & Reliability based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex."
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# Ankit Mahanot on Tal

## Headline

Ex\-Zynga, BITS\-Pilani, IIM\-A \| Engineering Leader \| Built & Scaled Platforms Handling Billions of Daily Requests \| Org Design • Execution • Scalability & Reliability

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

openai

Google ADK

## Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Rippling, Mar 2025 \- Jan 2026 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Owning the core Tax Platform supporting Filings, Payments & other tax\-related workflows \- Partnered with Product, Legal, and Compliance

Senior Engineering Manager II at Zynga, Dec 2024 \- Mar 2025 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, In my role at Zynga, I advanced from Principal Engineer to Senior Engineering Manager II, overseeing global teams dedicated to building robust backend systems\. I managed diverse teams across India, Barcelona, and the USA, ensuring seamless collaboration and innovation\. I have managed engineering managers and principal/staff engineers and have closely worked with Product teams and project managers to deliver multi\-million dollar initiatives\. My focus on mentorship and campus hiring initiatives fostered a thriving engineering culture, while my ownership of critical micro\-services supported daily traffic exceeding three billion API calls\.

Senior Engineering Manager I at Zynga, Jun 2022 \- Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager II at Zynga, Mar 2021 \- May 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Co\-founder at Shuttrbox, Jan 2016 \- Mar 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Built and scaled a profitable SaaS platform for creative professionals \(photographers, designers\) to manage client workflows, including proofing, portfolio management, and lead generation\. Grew to 200\+ paying customers and was recognized among promising startups\. Led product design, architecture, and engineering, focusing on user experience, scalable cloud infrastructure, and rapid iteration\. Drove hiring, team building, and product strategy while balancing short\-term execution with long\-term vision\.

Principal Software Engineer at Grabhouse, Feb 2015 \- Dec 2015 · 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Senior Member Technical Staff at Oracle, Jan 2011 \- Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Server Technologies

## Education

M\.E\., Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Power of ideas 2010, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

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