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Senior Engineering Manager @ Salesforce | Gen AI | Agentic AI | Scaled SaaS, Platform Products | Business Impact & Org Growth | Strategic Leader | People-First Culture Builder | 2x Startup Founder

About

Strategic Engineering Leader | Scaled SaaS & GenAI Products | Business Impact & Org Growth | People-First Culture Builder - Engineering leader with global experience in scaling software organizations, leading digital transformation, & driving measurable business outcomes through GenAI-led product innovation & enterprise SaaS solutions. Proven expertise in aligning tech strategy with business goals across domains–Commerce, Marketing, CRM, Fintech & EdTech. - Built high-performing teams(25→150+) while fostering inclusive leadership, agile & engineering excellence. Partnered with GTM & C-level leaders–transformed ideas into scalable, customer-focused products. - Achievements include 20%+ business growth, 99.99% availability, 80% defect reduction & 100K$ savings with in-house platform tool. Strategic Leadership & Business Alignment - Co-founded a fintech startup & led end-to-end product lifecycle–from ideation to MVP—defining product vision, GTM strategy & collaborating directly with CEO & customers to unlock new market opportunities. - Spearheaded 20+ SaaS features delivery across 3+ new products, contributing to 20% business growth & 100K$ saved with customer success, drove tech roadmaps, worked with cross-functional teams to define product portfolio strategy. - Built & scaled engineering teams from 25 to 150+ across geographies; developed the next-gen leaders through coaching, mentoring, career pathing, & succession planning. Operational Excellence & High-Quality Delivery: - Delivered complex, enterprise-grade GenAI, SaaS products with full ownership across architecture, development & release- consistently achieving high-quality, on-time delivery. - Embedded agile execution rituals (OKRs, RCAs, Reviews, metrics) & streamlined collaboration between Product, QA, DevOps, and Engineering teams to improve velocity by 25% and reduce defects by 80%. - Cultivated a data-driven engineering culture, balancing innovation with stability, & enabling 15% productivity gains through continuous improvement programs, GenAI led innovations, AI tools adoption & engineering excellence. Technology Strategy & Innovation: - Polyglot Technologist: Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Containers, SaaS Platforms, Generative AI, BigData, Analytics, Scalable Architectures & Tech Stacks – Java, Python, JavaScript, MicroServices, K8S, Kafka. - Led the design & launch of GenAI, LLM-enabled features across 5+ enterprise products, accelerating product intelligence, increasing adoption, & customer success. - Excellent Academic records, 92.07 %ile in GATE exam (M.Tech).

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Salesforce, Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager at BYJU'S, Jan 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, • Drove 3x user growth,72% DORA Metrics Improvement, Achieved 81% bug reduction (Q1→Q3)-boosting app rating from 3.9 to 4.7. • Delivered 14+ high-quality, full-stack features across backend, frontend, mobile(iOS,Android), enabled faster predictable releases. • Built teams from the ground up (27+) & Led agile transformation across org & worked with crossX teams for portfolio consolidation of AI products. • Reviewed PRDs, HLDs, LLDs, Drive Scrums, delivery & executions. • Drove the technical roadmap of Conversational AI VoiceBot, Web app. • Spearheaded CI/CD adoption, test automation pipeline saving 450+ man-hours, 6 release days.

Engineering Manager at Happay, Nov 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, • Launched 2 new products to market in 9 months, driving 18% business growth & boosting customer success. • Delivered 20+ scalable features for 5 products by managing teams, driving technical vision across Backend, Web, Mobile & SDETs. • Built a platform engineering team & developed internal tools saving $108K+ in vendor/tooling costs. • Drove defect reduction strategy through trend analysis, boosting customer retention, trust & product reliability. • Built Engg. teams(36+) with 5 products(ground up,scale) • Reduced release time by 9–12 days by developing API- Web-Mobile-Performance automation frameworks, AWS integrations, CI Pipelines- Saving 900+ man-hours.

Co-Founder at UpFinIT, May 2018 - Nov 2018 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Defined product strategy, ideated & drove teams to develop, deliver MVP for digitizing Chit Funds using Java, React, AI-ML Partnered with CEO and early customers, validating product-market fit & shaping GTM approach.

Engineering Manager at MakeMyTrip, 2018 - 2021 · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, ●​ Drove teams to deliver 2 new products to market in 9 months, driving 27% business growth & boosting customer success. ●​ Delivered 20+ scaled features for 5 products by managing teams, driving technical vision across Backend, Web, Mobile & SDETs. ●​ Built a platform engineering team & developed internal tools, saving $108K+ in vendor/tooling costs. ●​ Drove defect reduction strategy through trend analysis, boosting customer retention, trust & product reliability. ●​ Built Engg. teams(36+) with 5 products(ground up,scale) ●​ Reduced release time by 9–12 days by developing API-Web-Mobile-Performance automation frameworks, AWS integrations, CI Pipelines- Saving 900+ man hours.

Education

Masters, Computer Science, RV College of Engineering

Bachelors Degree, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology