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VP Engineering (AdTech, Retail, E‑commerce, Data) | Scaled Platforms & GCCs (250+ Engineers) | Cloud-Native Transformation | Data, AI & Product Innovation | High-Growth Team Builder | SVP | CTO Track

About

Ranadheer is a technology and product leader with over 25+ years. Shipped planet-scale consumer internet services & SaaS Products. Drove & shipped Cloud transformation across global enterprises & startups. Scaled engineering teams in India/EU/Asia from sizes 10s to 250+ engineers as part of building GCCs. Talent magnet from early management roles to now. Attained noteworthy retention numbers across MNCs. Ability to wear different hats between engineering, product & business leadership roles. In the last few years: --> Led one of the largest technology upgrades for the #1 UK retailer, impacting millions of customers. --> Delivered 60% tech refresh for a legacy ad system for Japan’s leading e-commerce platform, unlocking new capability, performance and scalability. --> Helped startup founders scale their engineering organisations while resetting culture to foster build agility and product ownership. Key Skills --> Cloud Native Consumer Services at Lareh scale --> Distributed systems, Moderanizing Tech stack for new business cases, better NFRs --> Mentored close to 15 tech leaders to help them grow to VP or higher in Career Ladder Looking ahead, I help organisations establish or scale Global Capability Centres (GCCs) to drive change (what with AI being real & here), efficiency/quality, and execution velocity. I stay engaged with the wider tech leadership community, actively mentoring engineering leaders and continuously learning to lead with purpose.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

VP of Engineering at Mercari India, Nov 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lead Engineering/Tech for Mercari India as the Site Leader in India. Covering Diverse business areas across Marketplace, Growth and Platform.

Vice President of Engineering, India Site Leader at Carousell Group, Dec 2022 - Nov 2025 · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lead the global product engineering across Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, and India for Carousell. Carousell is Southeast Asia’s leading classifieds and recommerce platform. I was responsible for the engineering strategy, organisational design, and execution across multiple markets, driving sustainable and profitable growth through product & service innovation. My work is focused on helping Carousell transform from a traditional classifieds model into a full-featured recommerce engine, building capabilities such as trusted transactions, integrated payments, buyer protection, logistics orchestration, and scalable seller tooling. This transformation enabled new revenue lines and business models, allowing Carousell to compete in higher-intent verticals such as electronics, autos, and services. Was driven through deep partnership with Product, where I influenced roadmap decisions, prioritization, and market rollout plans, despite not being formally part of the product org. Involved & streamlined Engineering excellence to improve extensibility, time-to-market, and experimentation velocity. Beyond platform and product impact, I’ve played a key role in shaping the agile operating model across engineering and product teams, optimizing cross-functional squads, iterative delivery culture, and a tighter feedback loop between tech and business. I lead distributed teams across four countries and bring a proven playbook for building high-performance, globally aligned orgs. With end-to-end execution ownership, strong product intuition, and experience scaling GCCs in India, I bring a CPTO-ready mindset to product-led growth, platform scale, and innovation in multi-market environments.

Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Locus, Dec 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Director of Engineering - Fulfilment at Tesco, Apr 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Led the design, build, and rollout of Tesco’s next-generation, cloud-native fulfilment platform — a foundational transformation that powered new customer propositions and positioned Tesco’s online retail operations for the next decade. I owned an end-to-end platform strategy, including cloud architecture, deployment models, and technical delivery. Partnering closely with product, infrastructure, and store ops teams, I drove the execution of a scalable fulfilment solution rolled out to 250+ locations across the UK — modernising legacy systems while enabling agility at scale. Key outcomes: Launched “Whoosh”, Tesco’s 1-hour delivery proposition, from concept to production — a flagship initiative that became a commercial success and brand differentiator in the UK grocery market. Enabled flexible fulfilment models and faster order orchestration through cloud-native patterns and microservices. Aligned engineering orgs across geographies under a unified delivery charter with strong DevOps and SRE foundations. This transformation not only improved Tesco’s scale, capabilities, availability and operational efficiency, but also created a competitive advantage in last-mile delivery and customer experience.

Senior Director Of Engineering at Rakuten, Apr 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Built Strategy to revamp and rewrite key advertising products for Rakuten advertising business unit. Helped rebuild the Data systems that power CPC based display advertising after a decade to uplift CTRs by a good 12%. Lead and delivered a display CPD platform for e-comm sellers on the Rakuten Ichiba platform.

General Manager, Ad Products and Platform at Rakuten, Feb 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Singapore, Rebuilt the Rakuten Asia Tech team based in Singapore. Lead Product & Engineering for this team to refresh & rebuild ad platform into a modern and open platform allowing Display & Affiliate ad businesses to scale, grow and adopt to the changing ad landscape of 2016/2017. Got close to 60% of the advertising data systems rebuilt for better publisher yields across Rakuten Eco-system

Education

Post Graduate in Computer Apps, Computer Applications, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), maths, Sri Venkateswara University