Kusumita Dasgupta

Director of Engineering

Sunnyvale, California, United States21 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 22 years of experience in software design and development.
  • Expertise in cloud technologies and scalable solutions.
  • Proven leadership in managing diverse engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in SaaS and cloud-based solutions with extensive experience in engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software As A Service (saas)Technology ManagementAndroid DevelopmentData PlatformGoogle Cloud Platform (gcp)Cloud ComputingEngineering Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAndroidBig DataC++Core JavaData EngineeringData StreamingDataflowDistributed SystemsEmbedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsFin TechGitHadoopInstagram

About

• Around 22 years of experience in software design, development & implementation, leveraging extensive technical expertise, process knowledge, leadership & managerial abilities to create diverse technology offerings in line with business goals, requirements & priorities • Experience working with various tech stacks and various domains has enriched me to evolve as a Seasoned Professional in the IT space. Have extensive experience working on distributed and cloud technologies catering to the designing, architecting and leading innovation for scalable solutionsAlso, had the privilege to work with embedded technology, working with constraints on memory and performance. • Technically manage various teams of small and big sizes for end to end delivery of solutions critical to business • Have built new teams from scratch, define the strategy and the vision • Often need to collaborate across multi functional and multi-regional teams for day to day work • Proven Leadership, Communication, Mentoring and Analytical skills • Expertise in Cloud, Java, C/C++/Unix, C#, Data Structures, Algorithms • Data Platform, building datasets and pipelines for highly scalable systems - Work on Big Data Technologies • Always shown passion for innovation and ready to take up “out-of-box” challenges

Experience

Razorpay

Director of Engineering

Aug 2023Jun 2024 · 10 mos

  • Drive Customer Onboarding, Merchant Acquisition and Experience. Responsible for integration and customer conversions, growth and monetisation initiatives, developer experience, merchant identity verification automation, and Partnerships integration.
  • Set vision, OKRs, and Goals for effective execution to maximize revenue.
  • Drive Engineering Excellence and maintaining highly engaged and motivated teams.
Software DevelopmentSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Technology ManagementTechnical ExecutionTechnology RoadmappingEngineering Management+3

Asapp

Director of Engineering & Site-Lead

Mar 2023May 2023 · 2 mos

  • Spearheaded SDK and integration platform development across Web, Android, iOS, and messaging channels (e.g., WhatsApp, SMS), enabling customer-facing chat interfaces and AI service integration like Autocompose.
  • Drove Bangalore Center growth—hiring, culture, and operations—while aligning strategy, KPIs, and execution across teams in 6 locations across the globe with Product, Technical Program Management, and vendor partners.
Technology ManagementAndroid DevelopmentGitLeadershipTechnical ExecutionTechnology Roadmapping+7

Twitter

Senior Engineering Manager

Mar 2020Mar 2023 · 3 yrs

  • Leading Data Platform Team at Twitter Bangalore. We deal with Twitter’s most fundamental data - such as Tweet content, engagement data, and user relationships. My team’s mission is to build the fastest, most reliable, and largest-scale data processing technologies and able to cope with ever-increasing volumes of data in real time - and then apply them to the company’s most critical and fundamental data problems.
  • Deal with high volume data pipelines both on GCP & On-Prem, responsible for reporting daily & monthly active user metrics
  • Responsible for Data sources around the core nouns and verbs of Twitter - Users, Tweets and Interactions, impressions, media engagements
  • Initiated Infrastructure Cost Effectiveness projects, also leading data compliance initiatives thereby ensuring 100% of data on different storage platforms compliant with Twitter data privacy standards
  • Have driven Leadership efforts for the Strategic Growth of the Engineering Center in Bangalore.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Software as a Service (SaaS)Technology ManagementLeadershipTechnical ExecutionMapReduce+12

Intuit

Senior Software Development Manager

Nov 2017Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Led for Back End of QuickBooks Payroll Business for Desktop, & a system handling multi-billion money movement per day
  • Led AWS migration and modernisation for a Monolithic Backend with huge data, & decomposition of the services
  • Technically Managed the teams; owned entire running of system with hundreds of Batch and Cron processes
  • Lead team in software architecture, design, revamping; encouraged stakeholder collaboration;
  • ensured process compliance & reviewed code
  • Spearheaded the Mission Team to set the guidelines for Intuit Cloud Readiness Strategy; built new team, honed capabilities, optimised 44+ complex services in AWS for QuickBooks Ecosystem, executed 10 services and web applications to move, run and optimize in AWS
  • Set up Intuit approved Security Standards, Robust resiliency and Event Driven Monitoring in AWS
Software as a Service (SaaS)Technology ManagementPayroll ProcessingLeadershipTechnical ExecutionTechnology Roadmapping+8

Cme group

Engineering Manager

Oct 2016Nov 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Responsible for Managing team to design and re-engineer the existing legacy Asset Management and Settlement process using optimization techniques
  • Collaborate with product stakeholder and contribute to the release decision, work with multi-regional/multi-functional teams
  • Facilitate team to execute and sign-off for the release milestone to achieve targeted date
  • Technical Leadership, code review, follow agile process
Software as a Service (SaaS)Technology ManagementLeadershipTechnical ExecutionTechnology RoadmappingEngineering Management+7

Hewlett-packard r & d hub

Engineering, Firmware Development

Oct 2010Sep 2016 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Responsible to work and collaborate across multi regional and multi functional teams to get the new requirements delivered for HP Laser jet printers
  • Have led team for delivering highly visible commitments. Was the technical lead for the "Paper-Jam Recovery" feature, which is supposed to save an estimate of $70M warranty cost for HP in the upcoming quarter. Have shown exceptional motivational and leadership skills to drive the delivery and bring to closure
  • Manage Vendor that augments HP resources to execute against delivery roadmaps while adhering to HP standards. Responsible to determine the task allotment, tracking, code reviews, coordination
  • Often work with small teams for Innovation doing rigorous market research and coming up with prototypes to convince the ideas. Lead all the brain-storming sessions and the interaction with the Sales and Analytics team for all data analysis and interpretation
  • Selected as one of the HP Ambassadors responsible for counseling and training employees to re-invent their strengths and bring clarity to their thoughts on their career path. Was trained by GALLUP as a Strength’s Champion, sponsored by HP
Technology ManagementGitLeadershipTechnical ExecutionTechnology RoadmappingEngineering Management+5

Paypal

Lead Engineer

Apr 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • I was the design and feature lead for various Checkout flows in the PayPal code. My responsibilities were:
  • Lead the feature team to deliver various process-flows in the PayPal Checkout as per the different requirements
  • Design the architecture and define the interface
  • Assign Tasks to the team members for implementing the various components involved in the feature to be developed
  • Guide the team for implementation
  • Training co-coordinator of all the new joiners at the PayPal Chennai Office
  • Work on process improvement, coming up with tools to improve the developer's productivity
Technology ManagementGitLeadershipTechnical ExecutionTechnology RoadmappingEngineering Management+2

Motorola

3 roles

Lead Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2005Apr 2008 · 3 yrs

  • I was the module lead for the Motorola Phonebook and Recent calls applications with a team size of 6 members
  • Responsible for delivery of the new features and quality fix of the defects in the owned area
  • Responsible for code reviews, mentoring and collaborating among the team members for the completion of tasks
  • Visited and worked with teams in Stockholm, Dublin and Paris for interoperability testing of Motorola Handsets
GitTechnical ExecutionTeam Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2003Mar 2005 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • My responsibilities:
  • Developed and successfully delivered single-handedly multiple requirements
  • Provided technical support for Libertyville Center, Illinois (US) representing my team in India
Technical Execution

Software Engineer

Jul 2002Jun 2003 · 11 mos

  • My Responsibilities:
  • Worked for the Motorola 3G phones in the UMTS Protocol Stack
  • Developing and executing automated test cases for testing the UMTS Protocol Stack
  • Developed and executed test cases for the 3G-protocol stack for mobile software and reduced the efforts by 80%
Technical Execution

Education

University of Southern California

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jun 2024Aug 2025

USC Marshall School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jun 2024Aug 2025

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

BE — Electronics and Telecommunication

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