Jawahar Prasad

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San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

20+ years in engineering leadership roles
Pioneered AI-only software delivery at Tekion
Recognized as Flipkart's Best People Manager

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering executive with deep expertise in AI-driven product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Ai TransformationSoftware Delivery Automation

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalyticsAnomaly DetectionAuto-FixBig DataBug TriageCloud ComputingCommunicationContext EngineeringE-commerceEntrepreneurshipGen AIGenAI Product EngineeringGitLab AI IntegrationHadoop

About

Engineering executive with 20+ years of experience building and scaling large-scale platforms and AI-driven product organizations. Currently leading Tekion’s AI transformation across 1,400+ developers, QA, and PMs to enable AI-only software delivery. Designed and deployed the Persona-Driven AI Framework, Tekion’s enterprise AI operating model that uses modular AI personas (Requirements AI, Architect AI, Developer AI, QA AI, Code Reviewer AI, etc.) to automate the entire product development lifecycle. The framework cut delivery time by 60–80 % on targeted workflows and improved consistency and quality across multiple projects. Created Project ORBIT, a self-learning engineering intelligence system that combines AI-led Anomaly Detection, Bug Triage, Root-Cause Analysis, Auto-Fix, and Test Execution through Tekion’s MCP platform. The initiative reduced incident resolution time by ~70 % and brought business SLA compliance above 98 %. Earlier led the launch of GM’s Chevrolet EV and CarBravo digital retail platforms and Acura ZDX e-commerce experience — serving millions of users globally. Recognized with Flipkart’s “Best People Manager” award for building high-performing engineering cultures and mentorship at scale.

Experience

Tekion corp

2 roles

Senior Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

★ Led AI-first transformation across 1,400+ developers, QA and PMs — pioneered AI-only software delivery.
★ Designed & implemented the Persona-Driven AI Framework → 60-80 % effort reduction on targeted tasks.
★ Built MCP Server to power context-aware AI via GitLab, Jira & observability data; enabled secure enterprise LLM usage.
★ Designed & launched Project ORBIT for autonomous engineering intelligence (Agentic Software Development, Anomaly Detection → RCA → Auto-Fix → Validation).
★ Achieved ~70 % faster incident triage and >98 % SLA adherence on critical platforms.
★ Delivered flagship digital-retail platforms for Chevrolet, Cadillac, CarBravo and Honda (Acura ZDX and CPO).
★ Leading & building the E2E e-commerce platform for automotive retail from the ground up.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Gen AIAI TransformationGenAI Product EngineeringSoftware Delivery AutomationPlatform Architecture+5

Director Of Engineering

Oct 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

★ Built & launched carbravo.com & chevrolet.com/electric digital retail platform.

Amazon

Software Development Manager

May 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led Recommendations, Personalization & Targeting charter for Amazon Access Points

Groupon

Senior Engineering Manager

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led Dynamic Pricing, Merchandising Platform & Data Science Platform teams
★ Led the transition of Pricing & Data Science Platforms from the Chicago to Bangalore

Flipkart

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Oct 2018 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led an org of 26 engineers & data scientists in Recommendations & Flipkart Plus
★ Created Recommendations 2.0 vision/strategy & architected it
★ Built Flipkart Plus team & launched the platform ground up
★ Flipkart "Best People Manager" award

Engineering Manager

Apr 2017 – Dec 2017 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led Flipkart Recommendations
★ Increased conversions by +50 bps, units share by +600 bps
★ Built a high performing team through exclusive people practices & recognition programs
★ Formulated lean execution practices ensuring high-quality deliveries with predictability

Engineering Manager

Oct 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led Relevance, Ranking & Machine Learning charter of Merchandising & Ads
★ Achieved doubled digit increase in Ads business metrics

Jabong labs

Engineering Manager

Mar 2015 – Oct 2015 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Led Search, AutoSuggest & Recommendations charter
★ Architected Visual Search/Recommendations & designed Semantic Search
★ Increased Conversion Rate by ~2%
★ Jabong "Best Manager - Leader in the making" award

Kaybus, inc.

Architect

May 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Architected & developed analytics, bigdata platform & push notifications
★ Built frontend & analytics teams ground up

Yahoo

Tech Lead

Oct 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

★ Developed Vertical Intent Search, Shopping & Gesture Search
★ Transitioned OneSearch platform from Y! Beijing to Y! India & handled 48 worldwide marketplaces of m.yahoo.com