Sreekanth Challam

VP of Engineering

United States27 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in enterprise software development.
Proven track record in leading large-scale engineering projects.
Expert in building high-performance engineering teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with extensive experience in cloud computing and software development leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingSoftware Project ManagementSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentEnterprise Software

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkAWSAWS LambdaAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementArchitectureC#C++Compliance ManagementData EngineeringDatabase DevelopmentEnterprise ArchitectureJavaJavaScriptKanban

About

As a Sr Manager, I lead engineering teams that deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative solutions for Amazon. With over 20 years of experience in building enterprise software and distributed services, I have a proven track record of taking products from conception to launch, executing large-scale projects, and driving operational excellence. I am passionate about mentoring and building high-performance engineering teams that embrace agile methodologies, customer obsession, and ownership culture. I collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, partners, and customers to define the vision, roadmap, and architecture of cutting-edge products and services that leverage cloud computing and machine learning capabilities. I am always looking for talented and motivated software engineers, managers, and technical program managers to join my teams and help shape the future of Amazon.

Experience

Amazon

Sr Manager, Software Devevelopment

Oct 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Amazon Ads (2020 - Present) - Leading engineering teams in Sponsored Brands - Ad Server, Core Infrastructure, Video Ads and new initiatives. My teams are in SEA / NYC / Bay Area. Contact me if you are looking for SDE/SDM/TPM roles.
AWS Computer Vision (2019 – 2020) – Led software engineering teams that architects and builds data, annotation, training and evaluation platforms for AWS Rekognition, AWS Textract and other Computer Vision services.
AWS Supply Chain (2017-2019) – Led software engineering teams that developed and delivered first versions of AWS Items Catalog, Offers for AWS Supply Chain. Created the vision, roadmap and led the design and development of AWS Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for AWS, Lab126 and other Amazon companies.

ArchitectureCloud ComputingMachine LearningAgile MethodologiesSoftware Project ManagementAWS+1

U.s. bank

Software Development Group Manager

Nov 2016 – Sep 2017 · 10 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Led software engineering, quant, program management and systems support teams in designing and building a derivative credit valuation adjustment (CVA/xVA), a multi-million dollar valuation and risk system.

Software DevelopmentProgram ManagementRisk Management

Citadel

Senior Software Development Manager

Jul 2011 – Nov 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Led software engineering (Dev & QA) teams in design, development and support of front office trading applications - portfolio management, order and execution management and compliance - for Equity, FX, Fixed Income, Commodities and Derivatives trading.

Software DevelopmentTrading ApplicationsPortfolio Management

Symantec

Senior Manager, Development

Jan 1999 – Jun 2011 · 12 yrs 5 mos · Houston, TX

Senior Manager, Development (2010 – 2011)
Managed development teams that are responsible for developing enterprise policy and security dashboards with drill down options, Database modules, Middle-Tier App Server and Core Infrastructure for Symantec Control Compliance Suite (CCS), an enterprise policy, and compliance management software (90+ million annual revenue).
Software Development Manager (2006 – 2010)
Managed development team responsible for developing Control Compliance Suite (CCS) core modules- Application Server, Data Server, RBAC, and Job Server with high performance, scalability, failover and highly available capabilities.
Development Lead / Manager (1999 – 2005)
Led the development of RMS Console, Core Infrastructure services and SDK for Risk Control product line, an award winning enterprise Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Management software with $70+ ml annual revenue.

Enterprise SoftwareCompliance ManagementDatabase Development