Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Senior engineering leader with 13+ years of experience building platform, data, and AI products across high-growth SaaS, startups, and enterprise infrastructure. Currently Senior Engineering Manager at Rippling, leading teams across Sandbox, Notifications, Tasks, and Approvals. Founder experience building an AI strength coaching product from zero to revenue. Strongest in 0→1 products, platform architecture, distributed systems, engineering org design, and converting technical platforms into business outcomes. Expertise: Engineering Leadership | AI & Big Data | Product Strategy | Growth & Scaling
Rippling is a workforce automation platform, currently valued ~$20B, generating $1B+ ARR, and growing 78% YoY. I work in the Platform engineering org leading three key charters: • Sandbox: Terabyte-scale distributed systems for customers to use logical branches of the Rippling product suite. • Notifications: a platform to deliver low-latency, highly reliable, multi-channel, personalised Notifications at scale (10k+ QPS). • Tasks & Approvals: multi-stage task scheduling and approvals system to help Rippling users get things done.
getPresent.fit is an AI-driven social strength coaching platform, providing customized workout programs based on user fitness data. Built the entire product ecosystem from scratch — backend, data pipelines, mobile app — driving revenue (+EBITDA) & incubated by Antler.
Bloomreach is a unicorn SaaS company ($2.2B valuation), providing AI-powered e-commerce search and discovery solutions. Joined as a Member of Technical Staff and advanced to Senior Engineering Manager, leading critical initiatives in data engineering and platform architecture. Key contributions: • Led 3 key engineering teams (Data Analytics, Platform Engineering, and Self-Service). • Spearheaded the product roadmap for Data Analytics & Platform Engineering, turning them from cost centers into revenue-generating verticals. • Improved NPS by 20% and increased project completion rates by 50% through strategic team restructuring and process improvements. • Increased adoption of analytics & platform services by 30%, while reducing operational maintenance bandwidth by 57%. • Led the re-architecture of Bloomreach’s user data ingestion platform, scaling it to process 1.5 billion events/day, transitioning from batch to real-time analytics. • Reduced new customer onboarding time from 6+ months to <2 weeks, leading to a 20% increase in product adoption. • Established hiring frameworks and retention strategies in India, achieving zero attrition due to compensation issues.
Stayglad was a hyperlocal salon service startup, acquired by Quikr. Built the entire technology platform, including coupon management, order workflows, and admin dashboards for web & customer facing mobile app.
Bootstrapped, built, and ran the company till acquisition. Developed a SaaS school management system for educational institutions, streamlining administrative tasks and enhancing efficiency.