Pankaj Kumawat — CTO

I build and scale intelligent systems that keep machines healthy and reliable — at Google scale. As a Tech Lead at Google, I work at the intersection of machine health, data, and AI, turning complex signals into actionable insights that improve performance and prevent failures before they happen. My focus is simple: build systems that are not just smart, but resilient at massive scale. Before Google, I was an Engineering Manager at Booking.com, where I built finance platforms that improved partner experience and streamlined internal operations. I partnered closely with product leaders to influence roadmap decisions and drove engineering excellence through scalable architecture and strong documentation. Earlier at Amazon, I led a team of 12 engineers in the Amazon Food organization and delivered 20+ high-impact projects across checkout, notifications, and compliance. That phase of my career deeply shaped my approach to ownership, speed, and customer obsession. I started my journey at Qualcomm, working on full life-cycle software development and learning what it takes to ship reliable systems under real-world constraints. 🎓 B.Tech — Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad 📄 IEEE publication on semi-supervised classification for polarimetric SAR images ⸻ 🔍 What I care about • Distributed systems at scale • Machine health & reliability engineering • Cloud and backend architecture • Engineering leadership & mentoring • Building in public and sharing learnings ⸻ I regularly share insights on scaling systems, engineering leadership, and lessons from building in high-impact environments. 👉 Follow along if you’re interested in real-world system design, reliability, and tech leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and E-commerce expert with a focus on engineering leadership.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 8 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Cloud And Backend Architecture
Machine Health & Reliability Engineering
Engineering Leadership & Mentoring
Customer Experience Management
Software Development

Career Highlights

Expert in building resilient systems at scale.
Proven track record in engineering leadership and mentoring.
Delivered over 20 high-impact projects in e-commerce.

Work Experience

Google

Technical Lead (2 yrs 7 mos)

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)

Engineering Manager (4 mos)

Amazon

Software Development Manager (2 yrs)

Software Developer Engineer 2 (4 mos)

Software Developer Engineer 1 (1 yr 6 mos)

Qualcomm

Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad

Pankaj Kumawat

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building resilient systems at scale.
Proven track record in engineering leadership and mentoring.
Delivered over 20 high-impact projects in e-commerce.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and E-commerce expert with a focus on engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud And Backend ArchitectureMachine Health & Reliability EngineeringEngineering Leadership & MentoringCustomer Experience ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

Architectural DesignTechnical Staff ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)People ManagementHTMLPythonCTechnical LiaisonLeadership DevelopmentAnalytical SkillsCustomer Centric ApproachCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Design & Analysis of AlgorithmsProject ManagementSprint Tracking

About

Experience

8 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Google

Technical Lead

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Working in the Google Cloud team to enhance performance and implement repair actions for ML machines, aiming to reduce downtime and costs.
Developing products and systems to accelerate machine repairs and minimize repair expenses.
Leading a team in designing solutions, developing systems, and ensuring timely project delivery.
Driving and shaping the product roadmap and requirements to enhance the DT experience and satisfaction.
Strengthening engineering excellence by creating and maintaining high-quality documentation consistently.

Architectural DesignTechnical Staff ManagementCloud and backend architectureMachine health & reliability engineering

Booking holdings (nasdaq: bkng)

Engineering Manager

Apr 2023 – Aug 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Building products & systems, to give great finance experience to our partners & to support our finance operations teams.
Coordinating and influencing product roadmap and requirements to improve partner experience and satisfaction.
Improving Engineering excellence by writing and consistently maintaining documents.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)People ManagementEngineering leadership & mentoringCloud and backend architecture

Amazon

3 roles

Software Development Manager

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs · On-site

Managed a team of 12 engineers; mentored growth, performance evaluation, and job satisfaction.
Led single-handedly Customer experience POD as SDM for the Amazon Food team for the past year and delivered a total of 20+ projects which include multi month of projects like Merge cart checkout, HVEs, Notifications project, compliance projects, etc.
Coordinated and influence product roadmap and requirements to improve customer experience and satisfaction.
Improved Engineering excellence by writing and consistently maintaining a document to deprecate 12 services by 2021 with ongoing projects or upcoming projects and efficiently dividing OE of 60+ services.
Managed Operational excellence report to bring visibility to stakeholders about the team's efforts. Lead sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, reviews, and retrospectives.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)People ManagementEngineering leadership & mentoringCustomer experience management

Software Developer Engineer 2

Promoted

Oct 2020 – Feb 2021 · 4 mos · On-site

Reviewed project specifications, provided suggestions/enhancements, and designed solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
Collaborated with product team and development partners regarding software application design review, status, and project progress.
Acted as Subject Matter Expertise for Customer experience POD. Significantly contributed to ticket reduction activities to reduce Operation excellence load and addressed multiple customer experience-related issues.
Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees and helped them to ramp up quickly.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Architectural DesignSoftware developmentCustomer experience management

Software Developer Engineer 1

Mar 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · On-site

Built Storefront, Detail page, cart and checkout functionality for Amazon Food from scratch.
Designed Serviceability feature to increase more customer selection.
Collaborated with product team and development partners regarding software application design review, code review, and project progress.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)HTMLSoftware development

Qualcomm

Engineer

Jul 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Worked on IoT Project and wrote Automation Scripts to make design robust & error-free.
Designed Hardware for Clients & Test Purposes, bring-up every Interface into the design.

PythonCSoftware development