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title: "Vikram K V - Senior Engineering Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Vikram K V on Tal

## Headline

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

anthropic apis

claude code

notebooklm

notion

ChatGPT

CrewAI

## 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

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