Vijay Shankar K.

CTO

Cupertino, California, United States17 yrs 11 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • 15 years of experience in large scale applications.
  • Expertise in managing product engineering teams.
  • Significant contributions to LinkedIn's recruitment technology.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on data engineering and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data LineageData GovernanceMulti-agent SystemsLarge Language Models (llm)Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipEngineeringProblem SolvingData EngineeringComputer Science

Other Skills

Enterprise SoftwareLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)LangChainEvaluationsContext-Aware Conversational AgentsRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Prompt EngineeringAI AgentsDistributed SystemsMentoringSystem DevelopmentTechnical VisionTeam LeadershipInterpersonal CommunicationCoaching

About

Seasoned engineer with 15 years of experience in building large scale applications that serve billions of users, and over 3 years of experience managing multiple product engineering team and driving success

Experience

17 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 mos
Current Experience

Databricks

Engineering Lead

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos · Mountain View, CA

  • Helping our customers navigate data with clarity, trust and confidence. Making our products intelligent through the understanding of data lineage
Data LineageData GovernanceEnterprise Software

Linkedin

4 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2025Jan 2026 · 9 mos

  • In my role at LinkedIn, I focus on building innovative products that enhance the recruitment process, particularly through automated agentic products. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, I help large enterprises optimize their hiring strategies, ultimately leading to more efficient recruitment outcomes. My contributions have significantly improved user engagement and satisfaction with the LinkedIn Hiring Assistant product.
Multi-agent SystemsLarge Language Models (LLM)Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)LangChainEvaluationsContext-Aware Conversational Agents+3

Engineering Manager

Mar 2021Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

EngineeringProblem SolvingDistributed SystemsMentoringSystem DevelopmentEngineering Management+23

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2019Apr 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos

EngineeringProblem SolvingDistributed SystemsMentoringSystem DevelopmentTechnical Vision+16

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2018Mar 2019 · 1 yr

  • Working on exciting stuff
EngineeringProblem SolvingDistributed SystemsSystem DevelopmentOral CommunicationComputer Science+4

Quantcast

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2015Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Built applications that provided audience measurement for our enterprise customers using one of the largest cross-platform datasets in the Quantcast Measure.
EngineeringProblem SolvingDistributed SystemsInterpersonal CommunicationOral CommunicationComputer Science+4

Riverbed technology

2 roles

Member of Technical Staff, Engineering Infrastructure Development

Oct 2013Oct 2015 · 2 yrs · Sunnyvale, California

  • Working on an integrated solution to manage all our Riverbed appliances. Provide a central portal to configure and support multiple range of appliances. Use the power of big data analytics to provide extensive proactive support to customers. Build a framework where services like Cloud Portal could share information for allied functioning.
EngineeringProblem SolvingInterpersonal CommunicationOral CommunicationComputer ScienceTechnical Design+1

Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Configuration

Nov 2011Oct 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Sunnyvale, California

  • Design and develop features on the Riverbed Cloud Portal, which is a Linux Web Server accessible to the customers and our Steelheads. Work with existing APIs and come up with new API design and quickly develop them on the Cloud portal. Also develop the software the conforms to the API on the Steelhead devices so it can integrate with the Cloud Portal.
  • Perform work with Cloud Steelhead product which accelerates access to cloud services such as SaaS. Increase ease of Cloud Steelhead deployments through integration with Cloud Portal. Assist with bandwidth and latency issues prevalent with cloud services. Maintained the Riverbed Cloud Portal which provides an interface to deploy Cloud Steelhead, license and manage the Steelheads once deployed.
EngineeringProblem SolvingOral CommunicationComputer ScienceTechnical DesignProduct Engineering

Hewlett-packard

Software Developer (Project & Portfolio Management – R&D)

Aug 2010Nov 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Cupertino

  •  Responsible for design, development, maintenance, testing, quality and performance assurance of
  • system software products.
  •  Maintain the software product by making changes and correct errors when necessary.
  •  Enhance the product by creating extensions to add new features.
  •  Design and develop functional enhancements for the product.
  •  Often have to represent the organization to external clients/customers.
  •  Was single point of contact for customers for any issues in Financial and Portfolio Management and worked closely with Customer and support to resolve these issues and identify defects, evaluate enhancements and fix them appropriately.
  • Tools: Java, Hibernate, SQL, PL/SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML.
EngineeringProblem SolvingOral CommunicationComputer Science

University of florida

2 roles

Graduate Research Assistant, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Mcknight Brain Institute

Promoted

Aug 2009May 2010 · 9 mos · Gainesville, Florida Area

  •  Developed an application that aids in psychophysiology experiment.
  •  Involved statistical manipulation of the information that is gathered from the psychophysiology experiment.
  • Tools/Software: C++, LabVIEW 8.6
EngineeringProblem SolvingOral CommunicationComputer Science

Application Programmer, Musculoskeletal Pain Research Lab, College of Medicine

Nov 2008Aug 2009 · 9 mos · Gainesville, Florida Area

  •  Developed a program that interfaces with a heat controller device and controls the temperature using a feedback loop.
  •  Developed a program in C#.Net to aid in the enhancement of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) – a pain rating scale.
  •  Deployed the program in two target platforms; PDA and PCs.
  • Tools/Software: C# .NET, LabVIEW 8.6
Computer Science

Tata consultancy services

2 roles

Assistant Systems Engineer

Dec 2007Aug 2008 · 8 mos · Chennai Area, India

  •  Designed and developed a windows MVC application.
  •  Made crucial design decisions for database and wrote PL/SQL procedures at the data layer and got client appreciation.
  • Tools: C#.Net, Oracle 10g.
Computer Science

Summer Intern, TCS Retail Innovation Lab

Dec 2006May 2007 · 5 mos

  •  Served as a part of the R&D Innovation Labs in Tata Consultancy Services.
  •  EyePOS: The project was part of the Smart Store, an initiative by the TCS Retail Innovation Lab to enhance shopping experiences by the use of smart space and smart devices like hand-held computing devices.
  •  Developed a ‘Point-of-Sale’ solution that uses image recognition techniques.
  •  The solution was a proof of concept of an idea to reduce the billing time for items that cannot be tagged with bar-codes or RFID tags.
  • Tools/Software: C# .NET, Oracle 10g, Victor Image Processing Library.
  •  Mobile POS: Mobile POS is a solution deployed in hand-held devices like FUJITSU TeamPad500G, O2 PDA.
  •  This solution is used by retail store managers to aid customers to checkout from any location in a store.
  •  Was appreciated and offered a full time position in Tata Consultancy Services for outstanding performance during the internship.
  • Tools/Software: C# .NET, VB.Net, Windows CE .NET 4.2, Oracle 9i.
Computer Science

Education

University of Florida

Masters in Computer Engineering — Computer Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Anna University Chennai

Bachelor's in Engineering — Computer Science & Engineering

Jan 2003Jan 2007

St. John's M.H.H.S School

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