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Atul Goyal

Director of Engineering

Bellevue, Washington, United States16 yrs 9 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 17+ years in engineering leadership roles
  • Proven track record of multi-billion dollar impact
  • Expertise in AI/ML infrastructure and distributed systems
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on distributed systems and technical leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipCapacity ManagementSystem EfficiencyReliability EngineeringData ManagementSoftware DevelopmentApi DevelopmentDynamic MessagingIntegration Engineering

Other Skills

C++Data StructuresAlgorithmsSoftware EngineeringAI/ML InfrastructureAdvanced Hardware StrategiesSafety and ResilienceDistributed Storage SystemsData IngestionPrivacy and ComplianceC#APIsSecure InfrastructureOAuthBackend Infrastructure

About

Accomplished engineering leader with 17+ years of experience driving large-scale distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, and high-impact technical strategy at Meta and Microsoft. Proven track record of leading engineers, delivering multi-billion dollar business impact, and scaling mission-critical systems. Recognized for technical innovation, cross-functional leadership, and commitment to developing high-performing teams.

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
8 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Meta

Engineering Director / Senior Principal Engineer

Jan 2018Present · 8 yrs 3 mos · Bellevue, Washington, United States · On-site

  • UberTL – Monetization Capacity, Efficiency & Hardware
  • Lead 300+ engineers across Monetization Infra, Ranking, and Product, driving strategy and execution for capacity, efficiency, and hardware with multi-billion dollar impact.
  • Oversee all aspects of capacity management and system efficiency, optimizing ROI and implementing advanced hardware strategies for compute, storage, and AI.
  • UberTL – Monetization Reliability Strategy
  • Guide 200+ engineers to enhance reliability across Monetization and core dependencies, including AI, Data, and Developer Infrastructure.
  • Develop and execute multi-year strategies to improve reliability, safety, resilience, and SEV mitigation, achieving north-star reliability goals in revenue loss.
  • UberTL – Monetization Online Data Infrastructure
  • Manage Monetization’s Online Data Infra, leading 50+ engineers to support Meta’s Ads-scale data and storage needs.
  • Build and operate large-scale distributed storage systems, including Meta’s largest key-value store, and develop frameworks for batch data ingestion and publishing.
  • Implement privacy and compliance features to meet regulatory requirements, collaborating closely with Ads and ML teams.
  • Technical-Lead – Monetization Storage Systems & Data Solutions
  • Drive technical direction for Monetization’s Online Data Infra, focusing on real-time and batch storage systems.
  • Design and manage a diverse portfolio of storage solutions, including high-throughput in-memory stores and distributed key-value stores for Ads and ML features.
  • Technical Lead – Monetization Real-Time Data Platforms
  • Lead teams in architecting and scaling real-time key-value stores for Ads, implementing geo-replication, tiering, SSD optimizations, and cost-effective growth.
  • Foster strong partnerships across Meta infra to deliver resilient, scalable systems.
C++Data StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsSoftware EngineeringAI/ML Infrastructure+1

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Jul 2009Jan 2018 · 8 yrs 6 mos · Redmond

  • Technical Lead – Actionable Messaging & Dynamic Email
  • Led a team of engineers to develop actionable messages for Outlook and Teams, transforming email into dynamic, interactive interfaces.
  • Built secure, scalable infrastructure and APIs for dynamic messaging across Office 365.
  • Published patents on secure, in-place actionable content and dynamic email engagement.
  • Drove adoption across providers like SharePoint and ServiceNow, benefiting hundreds of thousands of users.
  • Technical Lead – External Service Integration
  • Led integration of Outlook and Teams with external services (Jira, Github, Trello), enabling automated updates and notifications within clients.
  • Designed backend infrastructure for OAuth-based third-party integration and secure token storage.
  • Rolled out Connectors across Outlook Groups and Teams, supporting 20+ services.
  • Lead – Outlook REST APIs & Real-Time Integrations
  • Delivered Outlook REST APIs for Email, Tasks, Contacts, and Calendar, plus real-time subscription and webhook APIs.
  • Achieved major performance improvements over legacy Exchange Web Services.
  • Performance Lead – Exchange Web Services
  • Led performance improvements for Exchange Web Services, focusing on Mac Outlook deployments.
  • Resolved bottlenecks and eliminated WCF dependencies to boost API performance.
  • Selected for HiPo training recognizing exceptional talent.
  • Senior Engineer – Dynamics CRM Synchronization
  • Built scalable async service to sync emails, appointments, contacts, and tasks from CRM to any email provider.
  • Enabled seamless email-driven workflows for Dynamics CRM.
  • Senior Engineer – Dynamics CRM & Open Source
  • Built and tested key Dynamics CRM features, including dashboards and extensibility.
  • Developed open-source Bing Maps integration (5,000+ downloads) for sales and support workflows.
  • Contributed to successful Dynamics CRM launches with strong customer feedback.
C#Software DevelopmentAPIsDynamic MessagingSecure InfrastructureAPI Development

Oracle

Summer Intern

May 2008Jul 2008 · 2 mos

  • Developed an automated bug resolution service that identifies problem IDs no longer appearing
  • in the latest test labels across multiple OS platforms, streamlining the bug-closing process. Built
  • a web interface using Perl/CGI with PL/SQL backend to process user input and analyze
  • terabytes of label data. Additionally, created a Perl parser to detect missing SQL ORDER BY
  • statements causing result inconsistencies. Received excellent feedback for this work, was
  • offered a full-time position.
PerlPL/SQLWeb Development

Iiit hyderabad

Summer Intern

May 2007Jul 2007 · 2 mos

  • Developed and evaluated speaker identification models using Neural Networks and Dynamic Programming on a large speech corpus.
  • Implemented and compared features (LPCC, MFCC, WLPCC) with a Feed-Forward Neural
  • Network to optimize accuracy. Gained hands-on experience with cutting-edge algorithms in
  • speaker recognition and received an “Excellent” grade for outstanding performance.
Neural NetworksDynamic Programming

Education

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

B.Tech — Computer Science

Jan 2005Jan 2009

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