Rajesh Sharma — Director of Engineering
Senior Engineering Leader with 12+ years of global experience across cloud platforms, infrastructure, and large-scale engineering management. I specialize in building organizations from the ground up, scaling high-performing teams, and driving cross-functional impact across regions. Currently leading the Foundation & Platform Group at Mercari India, where I oversee multiple engineering divisions that support Mercari Japan’s core operations—including Trust & Safety, Coupons, Cloud Infrastructure, Observability, SRE, Security, IT, and Corporate Engineering. My leadership philosophy is simple but powerful: Step in, solve, and scale—especially where ownership is missing. I'm a hands-on leader who thrives in ambiguity, bridges execution gaps, and accelerates delivery while developing strong technical and people leaders. At Mercari, I’ve played a central role in scaling the India engineering organization from the ground up, mentoring senior ICs and EMs, and now leading the transformation toward an AI-native organization—embedding LLM-powered tooling and AI-first workflows to boost engineering velocity and org-wide productivity. I believe in building not just teams, but sustainable leadership pipelines and resilient engineering cultures that grow in lockstep with the business.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with expertise in cloud infrastructure and AI-driven transformations.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 10 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Cloud Applications
- Network Architecture
- Team Leadership
- Istio
Career Highlights
- Led AI transformation initiatives at Mercari.
- Scaled engineering teams from inception to 80+ engineers.
- Established strong leadership pipelines and delivery structures.
Work Experience
Mercari India
Senior Engineering Manager | Platform & Foundation Leader | AI Transformation | Global Team Builder (2 yrs 7 mos)
Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering (8 mos)
Mercari, Inc.
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Education
Bachelor's Degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay