Vinay Yadav

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18 years of experience in engineering and innovation.
Led teams of over 60 professionals in integration solutions.
Drove $1.2M+ in cost savings through platform optimizations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and API integration expert with a strong focus on AI/ML innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Api StrategyTeam LeadershipEngineering LeadershipApi DevelopmentStrategic LeadershipUser Experience Design

Other Skills

APIConsumer IntegrationAI/MLIntegration SolutionsMobile SDKKafkaData PipelinePrivacy APIsIntegrationSoftware DevelopmentUser ExperienceOracle SQLJavaInformaticaCognos

About

A visionary product and technology leader with 18 years of experience in engineering excellence, innovation, and building high-performing teams. Skilled at leading cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments. A value-driven leader who believes in Customer First, Outcome Over Output, Technology Simplification, Automation, and maximizing value with limited resources.

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Bazaarvoice

3 roles

Senior Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Leader of the Consumer Integration Platform portfolio, encompassing real-time and bulk APIs, authentication and authorization frameworks, Privacy APIs, streaming platforms, and AI/ML teams focused on consumer applications. Responsible for a team of 60+ professionals driving scalable and secure integration solutions.

APIConsumer IntegrationAI/MLIntegration SolutionsAPI StrategyTeam Leadership

Director Software Engineering

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Spearheaded engineering leadership for critical product teams focused on Gateway, API Authentication and Authorization, Display and Collect APIs, Mobile SDK, Kafka-based Data Pipeline, Bulk Systems, and Privacy APIs.
Built and expanded a team of over 45 engineers from the ground up.
Strategic Leadership: Drove high-impact initiatives like API First, Developer Center 2.0, and Reference Environment(Sandbox environment), translating vision into execution.
Cross-Org Influence: Align cross-functional teams (Product, Revenue, Support, GS, Engineering) across multiple complex initiatives like API pricing models.
Innovation at Scale: Fostered a strong experimentation culture and was instrumental in building multiple AI/ML-powered features for consumers.
Business Outcomes: Enabled $500K in partner revenue, $15K via rate-limiting, and $1.2M+ in cost savings through platform and infra optimizations.
Operational Excellence: Delivered 90%+ on-time execution, shows improved velocity for consumer experience teams, 4 consecutive incident-free BFCMs, and major efficiency gains across systems.
Client-Driven Delivery: Shipped features like Webhooks, Review Summary, Product Sentiment APIs, and Content Coach, widely adopted and improving client retention.
Platform Modernization: Scaled Streaming platform and Ingestion APIs, cut infra costs, deployment time, and improved reliability and performance.
Team Building: Hired 45+ engineers
Partnership Impact: Deepened strategic collaboration with multiple retailers and cloud services providers, leading to innovation and cost efficiencies.