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title: "Sharad Shrivastav - Product Engineering Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Sharad Shrivastav, Product Engineering Manager at The Walt Disney Company | Publicis, Nielsen, UHG, Verizon based in Bengaluru."
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# Sharad Shrivastav on Tal

## Headline

Product Engineering Manager at The Walt Disney Company \| Publicis, Nielsen, UHG, Verizon

## About

With 10\+ years of expertise in Data Engineering, Analytics and enterprise application development, I excel in driving complex projects to successful completion\. My strong technical proficiency in Big Data and microservices architecture has consistently delivered transformative results\. At Nielsen, I led the digital audience measurement team, managing key clients like Amazon, Netflix and Tiktok\. At United Health Group, I spearheaded the COVID vaccination surveillance dashboard, providing critical insights to CXOs and White House officials\. At Verizon, I was instrumental in modernizing infrastructure, significantly enhancing their 5G and EDGE computing capabilities\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Product Engineering Manager at The Walt Disney Company, Jun 2026 \- Present · 4 mos

Engineering Manager \- AI & Data at Publicis Groupe, Dec 2024 \- Jun 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos, Hybrid, Scope: Leading 9\-member development team, GenAI\-enabled knowledge management platform ownership, institutional fund management client delivery • Strategic Data Engineering Leadership & Client Growth: Leading 9\-member development team to build GenAI\-enabled knowledge management systems for institutional fund management client while executing strategic POC initiatives that secured additional project engagements through proven data engineering solutions and client relationship management • GenAI Architecture & Team Empowerment: Architected agentic RAG systems and microservices\-based GenAI endpoints enabling intelligent knowledge extraction from data lakes, while empowering entire development team with code agent tools and GenAI integration best practices for enhanced delivery efficiency • Enterprise Platform Development: Designed scalable data pipelines and endpoint microservices ensuring seamless integration with existing data infrastructure, supporting enterprise\-grade data intelligence and scalable knowledge management workflows for institutional clients

Lead Big Data Engineer at Nielsen, Jan 2023 \- Dec 2024 · 2 yrs, Remote, Scope: 10\-member cross\-functional team leadership, core data product ownership serving Amazon, Netflix, and TikTok, 100% SLA accountability • Client\-Facing Product Ownership & SLA Excellence: Owned end\-to\-end delivery of core data product serving Amazon, Netflix, and TikTok, managing direct client relationships while ensuring timely delivery of high\-impact analytics initiatives with 100% SLA compliance • Pipeline Modernization & Cost Optimization: Re\-architected AWS managed services\-based data pipelines to Spark\-based modularized config\-driven jobs, achieving 60% operational cost reduction while reducing client integration time to maximum 1 week and strengthening delivery capabilities • Cross\-Functional Team Management: Successfully managed 10\-member team across data engineering and client delivery functions, fostering collaboration with global clients while maintaining development velocity and ensuring project success through improved deployment efficiency

Senior Big Data Engineer at UnitedHealth Group, Feb 2021 \- Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Remote, Scope: Healthcare analytics platform development, mission\-critical systems for CXO and government stakeholder reporting • Mission\-Critical Dashboard for Government Stakeholders: Built COVID vaccination data dashboard providing real\-time insights to CXOs and White House officials, supporting critical public health decisions during pandemic response while ensuring data accuracy and system reliability • Advanced Graph Database Architecture: Architected and optimized identity graphs using TigerGraph leveraging advanced graph database principles for healthcare analytics, processing large\-scale patient data with high accuracy for fraud detection and analysis • Enterprise Data Pipeline Engineering: Constructed robust ETL pipelines using Spark, Hive, and Kafka to efficiently ingest and process healthcare data into TigerGraph, implementing query optimization techniques that significantly improved analytical performance while maintaining data integrity

System Developer at Verizon, Aug 2018 \- Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, Scope: Enterprise modernization initiative across 65 SAFe teams, telecommunications infrastructure for millions of customers • Cloud\-Native Transformation Leadership: Led modernization of network systems to microservices architecture using Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and Cassandra, improving infrastructure reliability and supporting 5G and EDGE computing scalability requirements • Large\-Scale Agile Implementation: Contributed to enterprise modernization initiative involving 65 agile \(SAFe\) teams, delivering scalable infrastructure solutions that enhanced network performance and supported millions of customers nationwide • Distributed Systems Architecture: Designed fault\-tolerant distributed systems improving system reliability while supporting high\-availability network operations for telecommunications infrastructure

Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Service, Sep 2015 \- Jan 2018 · 2 y 4 mo, Hyderabad

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jaipur Engineering College & Research Center

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