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Himanshu Naayak

Engineering Leader @ Landmark Digital | Ex-Visa → Ex-SAP | Building AI-Powered Products | AI-DLC |E-commerce Search • FinTech • SaaS | Java • Cloud • Kafka | Engineering Leadership | 13+ YOE

Bengaluru

10+ years of work experience

Landmark Group
Feb 20267 mosPresent

Bangalore Urban

Lead multiple engineering initiatives across AI-powered e-commerce platforms, driving product delivery, platform scalability, and engineering excellence. Delivered Babyshop Malaysia from greenfield development to successful production launch in 1.5 months, enabling rapid business expansion through strong execution and cross-functional collaboration. Led the stabilization and continuous enhancement of the EMAX platform by resolving critical production issues, improving reliability, and accelerating feature delivery. Drive the development of an AI-powered Product Search Platform, enhancing search relevance, personalization, merchandising, and overall customer experience. Partner closely with Product, Business, QA, Design, and Architecture teams to define roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, and deliver measurable business value. Mentor engineers through regular coaching, technical guidance, career development, and performance feedback while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning. Champion engineering best practices including code quality, design reviews, observability, CI/CD, and operational excellence. Drive adoption of Generative AI and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity and accelerate software delivery.
Visa
Mar 20233 yrsFeb 2026

Bangalore Urban

Led engineering for the Visa Acceptance Platform Billing organization, delivering scalable billing solutions supporting global enterprise customers. Spearheaded the modernization of legacy billing systems into an event-driven microservices architecture, improving scalability, maintainability, and future readiness. Managed end-to-end engineering execution from architecture and design through development, testing, deployment, and production support. Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. Collaborated with Product Managers, Architects, Infrastructure, Security, and global stakeholders to deliver business-critical initiatives. Improved platform reliability through proactive monitoring, production readiness, incident management, RCA, and continuous improvement initiatives. Led Agile planning, sprint execution, technical reviews, and engineering governance while ensuring predictable delivery. Promoted engineering excellence through design reviews, coding standards, knowledge sharing, and operational best practices.
SAP Ariba
May 20194 yrsApr 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Delivered enterprise messaging capabilities for a global SaaS platform used by customers worldwide. Owned features from technical design through production deployment while ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability. Developed scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and cloud-native technologies. Collaborated with globally distributed engineering teams to deliver customer-focused enhancements. Participated in architecture discussions, code reviews, sprint planning, and release management. Mentored team members and contributed to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives. Focused on building secure, maintainable, and high-quality enterprise software.
May 20172 yrs 1 moMay 2019

Bengaluru Area, India

Working on Supply chain product which works for maintaining the customer supplier information and also validating and establishing relation for customer with supplier. There are two products Sim and Recovery.
Tangoe
Mar 20161 yr 2 mosApr 2017

Working on Agile methodology for development my responsibilities include Epic Development,Defects related to epic performance related issues.

Himanshu’s AI Stack

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Education

Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science And Engineering

Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology

20084 yrs2012

others, Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics

Sunbeam English School,bhagwanpur

20061 yr2007

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Headline

Engineering Leader @ Landmark Digital | Ex-Visa → Ex-SAP | Building AI-Powered Products | AI-DLC |E-commerce Search • FinTech • SaaS | Java • Cloud • Kafka | Engineering Leadership | 13+ YOE

About

As an Engineering Leader I build high-performing engineering teams that deliver scalable, customer-centric products powered by modern technologies and AI-DLC/ai-sdlc. Over the last 13+ years, I’ve grown from a software engineer into an Engineering Manager, leading teams across E-commerce, FinTech, and Enterprise SaaS while helping organizations transform ideas into reliable, high-impact products. What excites me most is solving complex business problems through technology. Whether it’s launching new digital platforms at speed, modernizing legacy systems, building AI-powered search experiences, or improving engineering productivity, I enjoy creating solutions that balance customer value, engineering excellence, and business outcomes. I believe great engineering leadership is about enabling people to do their best work. My focus is on building empowered teams, fostering a culture of ownership, mentoring engineers, improving engineering practices, and creating an environment where innovation and continuous learning thrive. I enjoy partnering with product, design, business, and architecture teams to turn ambitious ideas into successful products. I’m passionate about AI-First Engineering and actively explore how Generative AI, LLMs, AI-assisted development, and intelligent automation can improve developer productivity, accelerate software delivery, and enhance customer experiences. I see AI not just as a feature but as a fundamental shift in how engineering teams design, build, test, and operate software. From a technology perspective, I enjoy designing cloud-native, distributed, event-driven systems using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, and GCP. My interests extend beyond technology into engineering strategy, platform modernization, developer experience, operational excellence, hiring, mentoring, and scaling high-performing engineering organizations. I’m always excited to connect with engineering leaders, product teams, and organizations building innovative, AI-powered products that make a meaningful impact. Core Focus: Engineering Leadership • AI-First Engineering • Product Engineering • Platform Engineering • E-commerce • Product Search • FinTech • Enterprise SaaS • Java • Microservices • Cloud • Distributed Systems • Engineering Excellence • People Leadership #EngineeringLeadership #AIFirstEngineering #GenerativeAI #LLMs #PlatformEngineering #EnterpriseSaaS #FinTech #Ecommerce #Java #Microservices #CloudEngineering #DistributedSystems #EngineeringExcellence #PeopleLeadership #TechLeadership

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

codex

perplexity

Cline

Work experience

Engineering Manager at Landmark Group, Feb 2026 - Present · 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Lead multiple engineering initiatives across AI-powered e-commerce platforms, driving product delivery, platform scalability, and engineering excellence. Delivered Babyshop Malaysia from greenfield development to successful production launch in 1.5 months, enabling rapid business expansion through strong execution and cross-functional collaboration. Led the stabilization and continuous enhancement of the EMAX platform by resolving critical production issues, improving reliability, and accelerating feature delivery. Drive the development of an AI-powered Product Search Platform, enhancing search relevance, personalization, merchandising, and overall customer experience. Partner closely with Product, Business, QA, Design, and Architecture teams to define roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, and deliver measurable business value. Mentor engineers through regular coaching, technical guidance, career development, and performance feedback while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning. Champion engineering best practices including code quality, design reviews, observability, CI/CD, and operational excellence. Drive adoption of Generative AI and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity and accelerate software delivery.

Engineering Manager at Visa, Mar 2023 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs, Bangalore Urban, Led engineering for the Visa Acceptance Platform Billing organization, delivering scalable billing solutions supporting global enterprise customers. Spearheaded the modernization of legacy billing systems into an event-driven microservices architecture, improving scalability, maintainability, and future readiness. Managed end-to-end engineering execution from architecture and design through development, testing, deployment, and production support. Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. Collaborated with Product Managers, Architects, Infrastructure, Security, and global stakeholders to deliver business-critical initiatives. Improved platform reliability through proactive monitoring, production readiness, incident management, RCA, and continuous improvement initiatives. Led Agile planning, sprint execution, technical reviews, and engineering governance while ensuring predictable delivery. Promoted engineering excellence through design reviews, coding standards, knowledge sharing, and operational best practices.

Senior Software Developer at SAP Ariba, May 2019 - Apr 2023 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Delivered enterprise messaging capabilities for a global SaaS platform used by customers worldwide. Owned features from technical design through production deployment while ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability. Developed scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and cloud-native technologies. Collaborated with globally distributed engineering teams to deliver customer-focused enhancements. Participated in architecture discussions, code reviews, sprint planning, and release management. Mentored team members and contributed to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives. Focused on building secure, maintainable, and high-quality enterprise software.

Senior Software Engineer at Indecomm Digital, May 2017 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Working on Supply chain product which works for maintaining the customer supplier information and also validating and establishing relation for customer with supplier. There are two products Sim and Recovery.

Software Engineer(Product Development) at Tangoe, Mar 2016 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos, Working on Agile methodology for development my responsibilities include Epic Development,Defects related to epic performance related issues.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science And Engineering, Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology

others, Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics, Sunbeam English School,bhagwanpur