Karan Dalal

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in driving technology strategy and execution.
Proven ability in managing large-scale programs.
Innovative leader in hybrid cloud environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a technology leader specializing in cloud infrastructure and engineering solutions for e-commerce and media industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingSystems EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentEngineering LeadershipIt Infrastructure Management

Other Skills

AI capabilitiesplugin architecturesuser experiencesweb performanceedge computeedge capabilitiescloud platformsCDNobservabilityresiliencytraffic managementeBPFnetworking solutionsobservability solutionsGo programming

About

Hands-On leader with extensive experience in driving technology strategy, execution and operation of platforms and infrastructure for hybrid cloud environments. Solid record of building technology teams from scratch and aligning them with business requirements. Successfully drive the technology roadmap by directing the evaluation, design, and implementation of emerging systems. Expertise and proven ability in - ~ Delivering business excellence by innovating, transforming, and reshaping enterprises ~ Managing large-scale programs, global service assurance, talent management, and business development ~ Designing and Integrating heterogeneous platforms to transform the customer experience ~ Enhancing developer productivity by engineering solutions that provide seamless self-service ~ Analyzing and mapping existing processes to the desired levels (GAP Analysis) & suggesting changes to achieve higher levels of efficiency & effectiveness. Specialties: Application Delivery (CDN, Proxy, Load Balancers, API Gateways), Composable Infrastructure (Software Defined Everything, Infrastructure As Code, Virtualization/Containerization), Site Reliability (Distributed Systems, Automation, Problem Solving), HyperScale, Linux (eBPF), Orchestrators

Experience

18 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Walmart global tech india

4 roles

Senior Director, Software Engineering

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Our mission is to engineer next-generation, edge-native platforms that leverage advanced AI capabilities and innovative plugin architectures to deliver unparalleled user experiences, optimize web performance, and empower agile business solutions. We are focusing on edge compute plugins for optimized user journeys, enhancing proxy and gateway components for agentic AI use cases, and developing state-of-the-art solutions for asset optimization and delivery. Our next-gen WASM plugin architecture aims to enable dynamic business functionalities and plugin interoperability across the traffic routing stack.

AI capabilitiesplugin architecturesuser experiencesweb performanceedge computeCloud Computing+1

Director, Software Engineering

Promoted

Nov 2021 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Led high impact initiatives that enhanced performance and reduced costs by advancing edge capabilities, building cloud and CDN agnostic platforms, and deploying next-gen solutions for observability, resiliency, and traffic management. Key innovations include an intelligent redirects platform, a patented queuing system, and traffic control mechanisms, all engineered for hyperscale performance and multi-tenant environments.

edge capabilitiescloud platformsCDNobservabilityresiliencytraffic management+2

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Promoted

Nov 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs

Co-founded the L3AF Project at Walmart and the Linux Foundation. L3AF is an open-source initiative that delivers eBPF based networking and observability solutions. It features a Go based control plane with chaining capabilities, allowing seamless execution of eBPF programs in sequence. L3AF also enables advanced capabilities such as load balancing, rate limiting, traffic mirroring, flow export, packet manipulation, and performance tuning. Learn more at l3af.io.

eBPFnetworking solutionsobservability solutionsGo programmingload balancingSite Reliability Engineering+1

Manager, Software Engineering

Sep 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Stealth startup

Senior Director Of Engineering

Apr 2022 – Jan 2023 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founded the India leg of engineering; incubated products that provide a data-driven understanding of ecommerce landscape to accelerate brand acquisition and growth.

data-driven productsecommerce landscapebrand acquisitiongrowth strategiesBusiness DevelopmentEngineering Leadership

Myntra

2 roles

Senior Manager, Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Sep 2017 · 5 mos

Led a fully distributed team managing IT apps, infrastructure, and operations across Myntra and all its subsidiaries. Partnered with BUs to identify business use-cases, secure funding, and develop/implement solutions to increase the overall profitability and transform the customer experience
Grew the IT team by 5x to drive technology enablement across fulfillment centers, corp offices, call centers, and datacenters. Mentored a diverse team of people managers, principal engineers, and systems engineers to establish/achieve an aggressive digital transformation roadmap
Setup the Central Command & Control Centre responsible for the overall health and performance of Myntra's app, site, and network. Developed and implemented cutting edge tools in the realm of synthetic monitoring, network security, config and service management

IT apps managementinfrastructure operationsdigital transformationsynthetic monitoringnetwork securityIT Infrastructure Management+1

Manager, Engineering

Aug 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

Dreamworks animation

3 roles

Manager, System Engineering

Nov 2014 – Aug 2015 · 9 mos

Designed and implemented the digital infrastructure setup for DreamWorks Animation’s studio at Bangalore.
Developed the charter, vision and strategy for the digital operations team. Mentored a team of System Engineers and SREs to deliver on key technology requirements for animation feature film production.

Staff System Engineer

Promoted

Aug 2013 – Nov 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

digital infrastructureanimation productionteam mentorshipSystems EngineeringEngineering Leadership

Senior System Engineer

Nov 2011 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

Adobe systems

System Engineer

Apr 2009 – Nov 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Led the design and implementation of a fully automated telecommunication infrastructure across Adobe's corp offices in India and Asia-Pacific. Redefined system integrations to provide a cutting edge experience to the end users by upgrading from analog to digital.
Setup and support of IT server/client infrastructure at Adobe's Bangalore office. Envisioned and established enterprise-level solutions to automate OS deployment, Configuration Mgmt, Back-up and End-Point Encryption.

Hewlett-packard

Solutions Engineer

Sep 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Provide enterprise-level technical solutions to HP's customers; key tech areas include configuration and support for TCP/IP networking, Operating Systems and Application Debugging.

telecommunication infrastructuresystem integrationsautomated solutionsSystems EngineeringIT Infrastructure Management