Karthik Shanmugasundaram

VP of Engineering

Cupertino, California, United States22 yrs 5 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Scaled engineering teams driving $500M to $1B+ revenue.
Led AI-first product teams in diverse industries.
Expert in building GenAI platforms and multimodal experiences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused engineering leader with extensive experience in cloud and distributed systems.

Contact

karthiksh@adobe.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipLarge Language Models (llm)Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (ai)Iot

Other Skills

Agentic AI DevelopmentDeep LearningPython (Programming Language)Mobile ApplicationsOpen Source SoftwareAPIInfrastructureCloud ComputingArchitectureAgile MethodologiesSOAEnterprise ArchitectureProgram ManagementAgile Project ManagementSoftware Project Management

About

Engineering Leader with deep experience building and scaling LLM and Deep Learning–powered products across Creator Tools for Media & Entertainment, Social Networks, SaaS, FinTech, and Cloud platforms. I specialize in leading AI-first product teams from zero to scale, with a focus on GenAI platforms, agentic systems, and multimodal experiences. As an engineering leader, I’ve scaled engineering teams and platforms behind multiple products, driving YoY revenue from $500M to $1B+. I’ve also managed global-scale cloud storage infrastructure, managing large budgets while improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. I’m passionate about turning advanced AI into durable, high-impact products and building teams that ship fast, think strategically, and operate at scale.

Experience

22 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Adobe

Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid

Leading engineering teams on building and scaling LLM powered Firefly Boards, a Gen AI creative product for Creators

Engineering LeadershipLarge Language Models (LLM)Agentic AI DevelopmentDeep Learning

Gusto

People Empowerer (Engineering Leader)

Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Led Payroll Experience engineering

Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 · 4 yrs

During his tenure in Linkedin, he led different engineering groups.
Linkedin Employer Brand
Linkedin Enterprise Jobs & Applications
Linkedin Learning Discovery & Search

Python (Programming Language)Machine LearningDeep LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Mobile Applications

Box

Manager Software Development

Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 · 3 yrs · Redwood City, California

He led the large-scale distributed Conversion services that are the backbone of core features from Box and managing engineers distributed across locations. He was one of the key contributors to Box's artificial intelligence initiatives. Also, he led the Relay product development in collaboration with IBM. Also, he led Microsoft add-ins, Quip integration, Box skills and platform services design & development.

Machine LearningDeep LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Open Source SoftwareAPIInfrastructure

Arrayent, inc.

Director Engineering

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · Redwood City, California

He led Arrayent's IoT SaaS, IoT Cloud integration, and data platform products. He managed distributed teams from USA, India, Romania, and Greece.

Python (Programming Language)IoT

Photon interactive

Director of Technology & Architect

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · San Jose & Chennai

He led globally distributed teams (217 members) and delivered large multi-million $ e-commerce programs from Walgreens & JCPenney. Also, he provided architecture consultations to e-commerce giants Walgreens, Macys & JCPenney, and IoT startup Stringify.

Software ag

Engineering Manager, Architect & Developer

Jan 2004 – Jan 2014 · 10 yrs · Chennai

He led Software AG's SOA Governance and API management solutions (~20M YoY revenue). He was one of the key contributors to the success of the startup Infravio Inc. (webMethods Inc. acquired Infravio for $38 million cash). In Infravio, he designed and architected the server-side components of SOA Governance product line from scratch. He contributed to the product merger meetings during acquisitions. He contributed to the Agile & Lean development process standardization efforts in Software AG.