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Engineering Manager | Enterprise SaaS & Platform Delivery | Production-Scale RAG Delivery | Mobile & Platform Engineering Leadership

About

Engineering Manager with 8+ years of engineering leadership experience across enterprise SaaS platforms. My experience spans platform engineering, mobile applications, enterprise security products, and customer-facing systems, with responsibility for engineering execution, release governance, stakeholder alignment, and predictable delivery. Most recently at Cloudera, I led distributed engineering teams to deliver platform services and a production-scale RAG-based AI-enabled support application on AWS. The platform reduced engineer troubleshooting time from several hours to under 20 minutes and supported approximately 1,000 daily active users at launch. My responsibilities included backlog prioritization, release planning, cross-team coordination, and execution against externally committed milestones. Previously, I led mobile engineering teams at Norton LifeLock, improving release quality, reducing crash rates, modernizing testing practices, and delivering quarterly releases on iOS and Android. Earlier leadership experience includes building and scaling an engineering team at Identiv for a NIST-compliant, FIPS-ready enterprise access control platform. I enjoy building effective engineering teams, improving delivery predictability, and translating business objectives into reliable execution across complex technical environments. I welcome connections with engineering leaders, recruiters, and professionals working in enterprise software, SaaS, and platform engineering.

Location

India

AI stack

aistudio

gemini

langchain

openai

Work experience

Engineering Manager at Cloudera, Dec 2020 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Led a distributed engineering team of 9 engineers across India and Hungary (backend, frontend, QA). Led a focused delivery team of 4 engineers for a production-scale Generative AI (RAG) application. - Delivered a production-scale RAG-based support application on AWS with a lean team and $120K budget, powering a customer-facing support portal and reducing engineer troubleshooting time from several hours to under 20 minutes. The portal reached approximately 1,000 DAU at launch. - Improved production readiness for a customer-facing AI support portal through architecture documentation, observability improvements, distributed tracing adoption, and cross-team coordination across Salesforce and platform engineering teams. - Sustained predictable delivery across 8 quarters by owning backlog prioritization, release planning, and execution for Salesforce integration milestones and cross-team dependencies. - Led the India team through a private acquisition with zero attrition, maintaining delivery continuity across roadmap commitments and supporting 3 engineer promotions, including advancement into lead and principal-level roles.

Development Manager at Norton LifeLock, Apr 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Led two coordinated mobile engineering teams (iOS and Android), owning end-to-end release delivery, quality engineering, and cross-functional alignment across product and executive stakeholders. - Delivered 2+ features per release cycle with zero-day OS support compatibility, improving delivery predictability across teams and ensuring continuity across evolving device environments. - Introduced test modernization using WireMock and device-cloud validation, improving regression efficiency and reducing dependency on physical devices while expanding coverage across the top 10 device manufacturers. - Reduced ANR and crash rates by approximately 10%, improving Play Store rating by 0.5 over 6 quarters through release and regression quality improvements. - Addressed production issues through structured RCA execution and follow-up tracking to prevent recurrence.

Technical Manager at Identiv, Sep 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Built and scaled an early-stage engineering team delivering a NIST-compliant, FIPS-ready enterprise access control platform. - Developed a multithreaded Java/Spring automation framework that reduced validation across 16 NIST Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards from over an hour to roughly 15 minutes, enabling daily execution instead of weekly cycles. - Improved delivery predictability across 3 quarters during early product stabilization through structured Agile planning and backlog governance. - Established engineering planning and backlog management practices for an early-stage enterprise security platform, supporting predictable execution during initial product development.

Senior Consultant at Thoughtworks, Nov 2010 - Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Delivered enterprise software solutions across multiple client engagements, focusing on maintainability, engineering quality, and reliable delivery. - Applied TDD and pair programming practices that improved engineering quality and reduced long-term technical debt. - Partnered with client stakeholders to align delivery priorities and improve release stability across multiple product environments.

Senior Software Engineer at Trimble Navigation, Oct 2005 - Dec 2010 · 5 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Contributed to GeoManager, a fleet management and telematics platform, with focus on reporting systems and data-driven modules for enterprise customers. Improved reporting performance and backend processing efficiency, enabling better operational visibility for enterprise deployments. Participated in early Agile adoption and production support processes, gaining experience in enterprise-scale system reliability. Mentored junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance to improve consistency and quality.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, PSG College of Technology Coimbatore