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description: "Meet Shahid Kamal, Associate Director Engineering at OLA | Building Maps | Leadership | Process Optimisation | Stakeholder Management | Conflict Management | Risk Management | Ex Here Technologies | Ex Nokia L&C based in Bengaluru."
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# Shahid Kamal on Tal

## Headline

Associate Director Engineering at OLA \| Building Maps \| Leadership \| Process Optimisation \| Stakeholder Management \| Conflict Management \| Risk Management \| Ex Here Technologies \| Ex Nokia L&C

## About

Engineering leader with 17\+ years of experience building high\-scale Maps Platform, leading cross\-functional tech teams, and driving platform innovation across top\-tier clients \(Amazon, Facebook, Lyft, Toyota, Bosch, Grab\)\. Proven track record in building scalable systems, and delivering major cost reductions via technical strategy and cloud optimization\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Associate Director Engineering at Ola, Jan 2026 \- Present · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Engineering Manager at Ola, Nov 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Led Maps Platform serving 1,000\+ customers and 20B\+ API requests/month; \- Led Maps Data team, managing the end\-to\-end pipeline for sourcing, processing, and publishing map features such as POIs, roads, signs, administrative boundaries etc\. \- Involved in migrating from a competitor’s mapping service to an in\-house solution, driving major cost savings and compelling the competitor to reduce prices\. \- Defined API pricing, fraud prevention, and rate\-limiting frameworks, enhancing operational efficiency in partnership with Product, Finance, and Sales teams \- Automated map data extraction using ML, improving operational turnaround and reducing manual effort

Engineering Manager at HERE Technologies, Jun 2018 \- Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 5 mos, Mumbai Area, India, \- Delivered advanced map solutions with enriched ADAS road/elevation data and high\-quality Places/POI content through multiple distribution channels \- Reduced operational costs by 70% through cloud migration, while enhancing efficiency for 400\+ million sources and accelerating product releases from weeks to hours \- Managed 40\+ global map products, including high\-precision ADAS and Places data, for Amazon, Lyft, BMW, Garmin, Bosch \- Scaled teams to 100\+ members; led hiring for Location Services in India \- Supported key audits and mentored peers, helping teams meet compliance standards \- Strengthened cross\-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and external stakeholders\.

Lead Engineer at HERE Technologies, Apr 2016 \- May 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Mumbai Area, India

Senior Engineer at HERE Technologies, Apr 2012 \- Mar 2016 · 4 yrs, Mumbai Area, India

Software Engineer at Ness Technologies, Sep 2007 \- Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Mumbai Area, India

## Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing \(C\-DAC\)

Master of Computer Applications \- MCA, Indira Gandhi National Open University

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