Vishal Gera

Engineering Manager

Delhi, Delhi, India16 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led AI initiatives enhancing developer productivity.
Architected scalable microservices for enterprise applications.
Championed observability and reliability programs across teams.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipAwsAi Software DevelopmentMicroservices

Other Skills

.NETAI AgentsAI ProductivityAI SDKsAgile MethodologiesAngularJSBusiness AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceC#Chime SDKClient CredentialsCloud ArchitectureCopilotCouchDBCouchbase

About

Engineering Leader with 16 years of experience in Product Engineering, R&D, and Platform development. Currently an Engineering Manager at Cvent, where I lead and mentor high-performing teams to deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions that drive significant business growth. My expertise lies in architecting and modernizing complex, large-scale systems with a steadfast focus on Reliability, Observability, and Security. I am passionate about adopting cutting-edge technologies, including leading multiple AI initiatives involving Copilot integrations, AI SDKs, and building MCP servers to enhance developer productivity and product capabilities. Technical Leadership: Leading 20+ member cross-functional teams (Engineers, Architects, Managers) in building enterprise-level solutions for video media processing, legacy modernization, and real-time data pipelines. Strategic Execution: Designing and deploying secure, fault-tolerant systems on AWS. Proven success in modernizing monolithic .NET applications to microservices. Operational Excellence: Championing initiatives in SLO/SLI implementation, observability (Datadog, Splunk), and fostering a culture of continuous improvement using DORA metrics. Team Building: A proven track record of hiring, nurturing, and mentoring talent, including establishing career growth frameworks for multiple positions.

Experience

Cvent

4 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Lead and mentor a high-performing cross-functional organization of 25+ engineers, architects, and managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Spearhead multiple AI-driven initiatives including the evaluation and adoption of AI tools (VSCode Roo, Spring AI, Copilot) and the development of in-house MCP servers to enhance developer productivity and product capabilities.
Championed company-wide reliability and observability programs, establishing a network of champions to define SLOs/SLIs, implement monitoring (Datadog, Splunk), and improve system resilience based on DORA metrics.
Directed the design and development of an indigenous, enterprise-grade video meeting platform utilizing AWS serverless architectures, Zoom/Chime SDKs, and WebRTC protocols to deliver streaming, recording, and transcription features.
Architected and executed the modernization of a legacy monolithic .NET application to a microservices-based .NET Core architecture, reducing mean time to deploy by 50% and enabling independent scaling.
Owned end-to-end architecture for critical data systems, building robust, near-zero-downtime data pipelines with queued processing (SQS, Kafka) to integrate with third-party platforms like Marketo and Eloqua.
Drive hiring, career development, and performance management for the entire team, including creating specialized growth tracks and KRAs for Principal Individual Contributors (ICs).
Manage AWS infrastructure budgeting and cloud cost optimization for owned services, ensuring efficient resource utilization.

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Principal Software Engineer

Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Led multiple engineering teams in India in the design and development of complex, large-scale third-party integration platforms (Zoom, Marketo, Salesforce, Eloqua) enabling seamless bi-directional data synchronization across systems.
Architected and designed a portfolio of secure, scalable microservices and SOA-based applications utilizing OAuth 2.0, client credentials flow, and distributed systems design patterns (Saga, 2PC) to ensure data consistency and reliability.
Spearheaded the end-to-end architecture of the Zoom integration, a critical platform feature supporting OAuth, client credentials, and delivering live, recorded, and simulive (Brightcove) meeting experiences directly within the Cvent ecosystem.
Engineered robust backend services using Java, .NET, and AWS (ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS) and contributed to responsive front-end interfaces built with React and Redux.
Designed and developed high-performance, full-text search applications using Elasticsearch and big data solutions leveraging Couchbase for efficient, scalable data storage and retrieval.
Championed CI/CD excellence by designing and implementing automated deployment pipelines with Jenkins and AWS CloudFormation, significantly improving deployment frequency and reliability.
Established technical best practices, conducted architecture reviews, and mentored senior engineers on system design, cloud-native development, and operational excellence.

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