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title: "Mukul Gupta - Head of Engineering in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Mukul Gupta on Tal

## Headline

Head of Engineering \| ex\-Atlassian, Microsoft, Amazon \| Distributed systems, AI integration, scalable platforms

## About

I am a technology leader and Head of Engineering with 14\+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems, building high\-performing engineering teams, and aligning technology execution with product and business strategy\. My experience spans Atlassian, Microsoft, Amazon, MakeMyTrip, ixigo, and early\-stage startup environments — where I have consistently led the development of high\-impact platforms, APIs, AI\-native systems, and data solutions serving millions of users globally\. I specialise in: • Engineering Leadership & Execution: building and leading high\-performing teams across product, platform, AI, and infrastructure domains • AI\-Native Architecture & Agentic Systems: designing intelligent platforms leveraging LLMs, retrieval systems, orchestration frameworks, evaluation pipelines, and AI\-assisted workflows • LLM Evaluation & Reliability: building evaluation frameworks, observability, guardrails, feedback loops, and quality systems for production AI applications • System Architecture & Scalability: designing fault\-tolerant, high\-performance distributed systems • Product & Technology Strategy: driving technical vision aligned with business outcomes and GTM goals • APIs, Data Pipelines & Search Platforms: expertise across travel, e\-commerce, collaboration, and marketplace ecosystems • Developer Productivity & Platform Engineering: improving engineering velocity through automation, tooling, and scalable platform foundations Highlights of my journey: • Currently leading engineering initiatives for an AI\-native marketplace platform, driving architecture, technical direction, delivery execution, AI system design, and India engineering operations • At Atlassian, led architectural initiatives powering collaboration products at global scale • At Microsoft, enhanced Core Media & Search capabilities to improve platform performance and reliability • At Amazon, built services streamlining Seller Registration and compliance workflows • At MakeMyTrip, developed pipelines and integrations that expanded international hotel inventory • At ixigo, contributed to NLP search, API development, and large\-scale search infrastructure migration I am passionate about building scalable technology organisations, architecting AI\-native products, solving complex engineering challenges, mentoring teams, and shaping platforms that create meaningful global impact\. Always open to connecting with fellow technologists, founders, engineering leaders, and innovators\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

gemini

github copilot

## Work experience

Head of Engineering at Toka, Mar 2026 \- Present · 6 mos, Australia

Principal Engineer at Atlassian, Mar 2024 \- Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Driving architecture and engineering initiatives that enable highly available and scalable collaboration platforms • Partnering with product teams to shape strategy and align technical vision with business outcomes • Mentoring engineers and influencing best practices in design, performance, and operational excellence

Tech Lead at Microsoft, Nov 2019 \- Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, • Enhanced Core Media & Search capabilities through large\-scale distributed systems design • Delivered platform improvements that boosted performance, reliability, and developer productivity • Collaborated with global cross\-functional teams to influence product direction and long\-term technical roadmap

Technical Lead at MakeMyTrip\.com, Nov 2016 \- Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, • Engineered scalable data pipelines for onboarding and integrating hotel inventory from global partners • Designed services for data normalization and deduplication to improve reliability of hotel search and booking • Led initiatives to enhance international hotels platform and mentored junior engineers

Software Development Engineer at Amazon, Feb 2015 \- Jul 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos, India, • Designed and developed services for Seller Registration and KYC workflows within Amazon Marketplace • Built integrations with multiple dependent systems to streamline onboarding • Improved operational efficiency by enhancing internal tools and front\-end experiences

## Education

B\.Tech \(Hons\), Information Technology, Indian Institute Of Information Technology allahabad

AISSCE \(Class XII\), Non Medical, dav public school

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