vikas kumar

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14 years of engineering leadership experience.
Expertise in backend and frontend team management.
Proven track record in developing scalable technical solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack engineer with extensive experience in B2C platforms.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (ai)Distributed SystemsMentoring

Other Skills

Apache StormC++Career Development CoachingCode RefactoringCode ReviewCreativity SkillsData PipelinesDiversity & InclusionElasticSearchEmotional IntelligenceEmployee CoachingEmployee Learning & DevelopmentHBaseHadoopHazelcast

About

Dynamic and accomplished engineering leader with over 14 years of experience, including more than 4 years in management and leadership roles. Demonstrated expertise in leading both backend and frontend teams, driving the successful delivery of impactful technical solutions across diverse domains such as e-commerce, enterprise systems, and security. My experience spans both innovative startups and established enterprises. Currently serving as a Software Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, I focus on Trust Engineering, addressing complex challenges for the world's largest professional network.

Experience

4 roles

Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

Leading a team of 16 engineers, including 2 staff engineers, and coordinating with 5 cross-functional partners (2 Product Managers, 2 Data Scientists, 1 UX Designer).
Overseeing the development of a content moderation platform, creating tailored workflows for human reviewers on LinkedIn. Ensuring accurate and efficient moderation of content, ads, jobs, and other entities as the final layer in a multi-tiered defense system.

LeadershipTeam ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Scalable ArchitectureDistributed SystemsData Pipelines+2

Staff Software Engineer

Mar 2020 – Oct 2020 · 7 mos

Led and mentored a team of 12 engineers, building a world-class content moderation system.Focused on cost-effective and high-quality review processes for content, jobs, ads, and accounts.
Mentored new tech leaders within the team and drove improvements in moderation quality.

Distributed SystemsScalable ArchitectureMentoringMicroservicesCode RefactoringCode Review

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2016 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Ola (ani technologies pvt ltd)

SDE-3

Oct 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Managed a team of 15+ engineers to scale the MVP version of RideShare into the world’s largest RideSharing platform.
Architected critical systems, including a Retry Engine, a real-time Data Pipeline, and an Allocation Engine to enhance customer ride matching and manage high demand.

Flipkart.com

Senior Software Developer

May 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Developed and led features for the Promotions platform, including Exchange Offers and Platform-Specific Offers, supporting Flipkart’s mobile-first strategy.
Scaled the backend to handle thousands of offers across millions of products using various technologies.

Amazon.com

Software Development Engineer

Mar 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Worked on a desktop app for converting poor-quality scans into high-quality Kindle eBooks, designed to be user-friendly and accessible.
Improved image rendering on Kindle devices, addressing resizing algorithm issues for optimal display across different device sizes.

Oracle

2 roles

Member of Technical Staff

Sep 2009 – Apr 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos

Developed custom XPath functions for BPEL processes, created a JDeveloper plug-in for automating Application Business Connector Services (ABCS), and built the Composite Application Validation System (CAVS) for business process integration testing.

Intern

Feb 2009 – Aug 2009 · 6 mos

During my 6-month internship at Oracle India, I worked on the "IPhone Gadget Manager" project, which extended Oracle E-Business Suite support to iPhone apps by creating a gateway for authentication and authorization.