Abhishek Agarwal — Director of Engineering
16+ years of progressive experience with 6+ years of leadership experience in driving engineering strategy and delivering complex, high-scale distributed systems in AdTech and E-commerce domain. A proven leader with the ability to manage large teams and align complex engineering goals directly with core business objectives, delivering superior performance and accelerated growth. Key Expertise & Impact: Scalability & Architecture: Led the development of large-scale, multi-component distributed systems and Microservices, real time stream and batch event processing systems. Successfully managed platforms handling peak traffic of 200K+ Queries Per Second (QPS), requiring sub-200ms low latency. Business Impact: Drove significant revenue growth (6x in last 5 years) by conceptualizing and launching high-impact ad features, real-time targeting capabilities and platform monetization strategies. Engineering Leadership: Scaled and mentored high-performing engineering teams (up to 30+ members across multiple teams). Established process improvements and AI adoption that resulted in 25% increase in engineering velocity. Strategize and stakeholder partnership: Established active, results-oriented partnership with Product, Business and leaders in strategizing future roadmaps, defining long-term technical vision, and ensuring engineering delivery aligns with ambitious business objectives
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AdTech and E-commerce with expertise in scalable engineering solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Ad Tech
Career Highlights
- 16+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
- Drove 6x revenue growth through innovative ad features.
- Managed platforms with peak traffic of 200K+ QPS.
Work Experience
Flipkart
Senior Engineering Manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 2 mos)
Tech Lead - SDE 4 (1 yr 11 mos)
SDE 3 (1 yr 9 mos)
SDE 2 (2 yrs 4 mos)
Samsung R&D India Bangalore
Chief Engineer (10 mos)
Technical Lead (11 mos)
Lead Software Engineer (5 yrs 7 mos)
Hewlett-Packard RnD
Intern (1 mo)
Education
B.Tech at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur
Science at South Point High School