Kiran Manchikalapati ☀️ — Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering with 18+ years of experience building SaaS, AI, and cloud-based products that are reliable, secure, and scalable. What I Do Best • Build full-stack platforms – mobile, web, data, and AI pipelines with CI/CD • Run multi-cloud at scale – Azure first, AWS when it saves time or cost (30 % lower OPEX) • Lead and grow teams – scaled 0→45 engineers across Development, QA, DevOps & Security • Own budgets and delivery – Manage yearly cloud & engineering budget, 20% under target • Deliver in regulated environments – ISO 13485/27001, HIPAA, GDPR with 98% first-time-right releases Wins I’m Proud Of • 99.97% uptime on a high-stakes digital health platform • Release cycles reduced from 4 weeks to 5 days • AI engine flagged 82 % of cardiac-risk cases 24 hrs sooner, saving an estimated ₹6 Cr/year in claims • 40% reduction in CI/CD failures • 25+ engineers coached into tech-lead and architect roles How I Lead • Coach first, manage second • Translate tech KPIs into board-ready stories for CEOs, CFOs, and regulators • Make data-driven decisions (velocity, burn rate, NPS, cloud spend) • Work backwards from customers – doctors, insurers, patients • Communicate clearly and act on priorities Career Journey • Started as a hands-on engineer building insurance and telecom products and platforms • Currently a director-level leader owning multiple teams, budgets, security, and board KPIs • Led distributed teams across India, EU, and North America time zones What’s Next Open to Director / Senior Director / VP Engineering / CTO roles without day-to-day coding requirements, where uptime, cost, and security are true KPIs. Let’s talk. 📍 Bangalore-based, remote-friendly, global-ready. Building something ambitious? Let’s connect.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare SaaS Architect with extensive experience in cloud solutions and team leadership.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 19 yrs 2 mos