Nikki Kumar

CTO

Bangalore, Karnataka, India12 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in leading high-performance engineering teams.
  • Proven track record in software project management.
  • Strong advocate for inclusive and collaborative work environments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in distributed systems and network architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementNetwork ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentDistributed Systems

Other Skills

Software Project ManagementCommunicationTechnical LeadershipSoftware DesignTechnical EngineeringProblem SolvingSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Project ManagementRequirements AnalysisInternet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)MultithreadingTroubleshootingTime ManagementTeamworkMicrosoft Word

About

Leading and nurturing the WANForms team at Google Part of Google Global Networking and Infrastructure (GGN&I) Organization, we act as a virtual vendor providing building block devices with normalized read, write, and operate APIs that are abstract software and hardware from leading networking device vendors. It makes sure that these building blocks integrate seamlessly with the Google control plane, management plane and monitoring ecosystems. My core competencies include creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, developing a sense of purpose and direction within the team, breaking down barriers to communication and cooperation, and being a competent and courageous team player. I have experience in quickly ramping up in new areas of technology, partnering with cross-functional organizations, leading geographically dispersed teams, and building a learning organization to expand engineers' skills and performance. My mission is to deliver high quality products that meet customer needs and expectations, and to contribute to Cisco's vision of powering an inclusive future for all.

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
10 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 5 mos
Current Experience

Google

2 roles

Engineering Leader

Mar 2026Present · 1 mo

  • Proudly working on Spanner, Google's globally distributed, highly available, strongly consistent database.

Engineering Leader

Oct 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Led the WANForms team at Google, We act as a virtual vendor providing building block devices with normalized read, write, and operate APIs that are abstract software and hardware from leading networking device vendors.
Software Project ManagementEngineering ManagementCommunicationTechnical LeadershipSoftware DesignTechnical Engineering+6

Cisco

5 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2021Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Led, managed and nurtured control plane packet path, layer 2 protocol and L3 features team (Net-flow, Lawful Intercept, Span) of 15 members, in Cisco IOS XR software. Through years of experience managing software development teams, I have learned how to draw out the best in my team members, resulting in high performance teams and high quality products.
Software Project ManagementEngineering ManagementCommunicationTechnical LeadershipSoftware DesignTechnical Engineering+6

Software Engineer IV

Aug 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsMultithreadingTechnical LeadershipSoftware DesignTechnical Engineering+5

Software Engineer III

Jul 2017Jul 2019 · 2 yrs

Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsMultithreadingSoftware DesignTechnical EngineeringProblem Solving+4

Software Engineer II

Dec 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsMultithreadingSoftware DesignProblem SolvingTroubleshooting+1

Software Engineer

Aug 2013Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsProblem SolvingTroubleshootingInternet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)

Crompton greaves

Intern

Jun 2012Jul 2012 · 1 mo

Bharat heavy electricals limited

Intern

May 2011Jun 2011 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • In Intern I learned about how the automation of power plant is done. Automating a power plant is very tedious, learned about the basic fundamentals behind it. It was quite a good experience to see the things in reality.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi

Electrical Engineering — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2013

Patna Science College

Intermediate — Maths

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya - JNV

10th Board

Jan 2001Jan 2006

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