Shreya Shandilya

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 11 years in Talent Acquisition
Expertise in technical recruitment across sectors
Proven track record in building high-caliber teams

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert specializing in technology recruitment for high-growth environments.

Contact

sshandilya@victoria.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTechnical RecruitmentLeadership HiringTeam BuildingRecruiting StrategyRecruitment Strategy

Other Skills

Engineering RolesDevOpsMachine LearningDigital HiringStakeholder ManagementTA ProcessesVendor ManagementCandidate ManagementDiversity SourcingEnd-to-End RecruitmentCampus RecruitmentTalent Database ManagementSourcing StrategyCandidate ExperienceRecruitment & Selection

About

With over 11 years of specialized experience in Talent Acquisition, I lead technology hiring initiatives at Emergent.ai, where I drive strategic recruitment efforts to build exceptional engineering and technical teams. Throughout my career, I have partnered with organizations across diverse sectors to architect and implement comprehensive talent acquisition strategies that identify, attract, and secure top-tier technology professionals. My expertise encompasses the full spectrum of technical recruitment—from software engineers and data scientists to infrastructure specialists and product technologists. I am committed to fostering meaningful connections within the HR, talent acquisition, and technology leadership communities to exchange insights on emerging hiring trends, innovative recruitment methodologies, and organizational excellence. I welcome opportunities to connect with fellow professionals in human resources, technical recruiting, and business leadership to explore collaborative approaches to building high-caliber technology teams that drive organizational success.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

9 mos

Current Experience

Emergent

Building Emergent

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

I am currently spearheading technology hiring initiatives at Emergent, where we are building a world-class team of technical professionals to drive innovation and organizational growth. As we continue to scale our operations, we are actively seeking exceptional talent across multiple critical domains:
Engineering Roles:
Backend Engineers – Professionals with strong expertise in machine coding & system design & architecture.
Frontend Engineers – Engineers needed to build scalable systems using React.js, TypeScript, modern state management, and advanced build tools while owning architectural decisions for AI-driven development products.
Mobile Engineers : Engineers with strong React Native expertise along with native Android (Kotlin/Java) or iOS (Swift/Objective-C) development experience to build scalable, production-ready apps.
DevOps Engineers – Infrastructure specialists focused on CI/CD pipelines, cloud architecture, automation, containerization, and production system reliability.
Machine Learning Engineer : Engineers with high ownership, experience working on Large Language Module.
Product Manager(Coding Agent) : Experienced product managers who are focused on making AI agents smarter and more reliable by developing deep LLM intuition, running experiments, and shipping quality improvements with rigorous evaluation gates and staged rollouts.
We are looking for candidates who demonstrate not only technical excellence but also strong problem-solving capabilities, collaborative mindsets, and a passion for innovation. If you or someone in your network possesses the skills and ambition to contribute to a dynamic technology environment, Please connect with me or apply directly for the open jobs :
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/emergentlabsinc

Talent AcquisitionTechnical RecruitmentEngineering RolesDevOpsMachine Learning

Victoria’s secret & co.

Talent Acquisition Lead

Nov 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Leading Digital hiring at VS&CO.
Leadership hiring for Digital and Technology.
Working directly with AVPs, VPs & Digital head to meet hiring needs.
Managing multiple stakeholders.
Mentoring & guiding junior team members.
Currently hiring Director – Data Scientist, Product Owner, Manager – Mobile & Frontend.

Digital HiringLeadership HiringStakeholder ManagementTalent Acquisition

Dunzo

2 roles

Manager - Talent Acquisition & People Partner

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

Built the tech leadership team at Dunzo.
Have Scaled Dunzo’s tech team from 90 to 330.
Worked very closely with two of the cofounders (Mukund Jha & Ankur Aggarwal).
Designed and implemented various TA processes & policies to align hiring strategy.
Have done multiple surveys to improve quality hiring.
Built a strong TA team to contribute to recruiting success.
Managed full cycle of recruitment process.
Partnered with the leadership team on various strategic initiatives such as organization and culture, transformation, and succession planning, etc.
Launched DOJO @Dunzo learning program for engineers.
Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Talent Management, Campus Hiring.
Vendor Management: Selection of vendors, negotiating rates on engagement & Managing vendors throughout recruitment life cycle.

Talent AcquisitionTA ProcessesStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementTeam Building

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Feb 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

An Ambassador for Dunzo. working on recruiting strategy which includes branding, candidate management, diversity sourcing, interview process management, salary negotiation and offer discussion.
Actively involved in leadership (Director of Engineering, Principal Architect, Senior Engineering Manager, Engineering Manager & Tech Leads) hiring.
Developing proactive sourcing strategies to engage and nurture the pipeline of passive talents and taking extraordinary steps to approach people from diverse backgrounds.
Creating amazing experiences for potential candidates.
Responsible for the entire life cycle of recruitment at Dunzo.
Vendor Management: Selection of vendors, negotiating rates on engagement & Managing vendors throughout recruitment life cycle.
Driving Employee Referral Programs & Offer Candidate engagement.
Improving candidate experience throughout the hiring process

Recruiting StrategyCandidate ManagementDiversity SourcingTalent Acquisition

Meesho

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Dec 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Meesho is on a mission to create 20 million entrepreneurs in India by 2020. We enable home entrepreneurs and small businesses to sell online without investment. Housewives in small towns of India use Meesho to sell in their social circles and earn money while sitting at home.
End-to-end recruitment for product and tech team:
Partner with Hiring Managers to understand requirements of positions within the business line and
provide innovative solutions for sourcing candidates.
Campus recruitment(IIT,NIT,IIIT ect)
Experience in maintaining a talent database for future use and building a pipeline of quality candidates.
Involve in offer negotiations & candidate on boarding process.
Involve in employment engagement & employee referral activities.
Improving business ownership for the team in solving key hiring problems.

End-to-End RecruitmentCampus RecruitmentTalent Database ManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Strategy

Actiance, inc.

Recruitment Consultant

Oct 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Acting as a talent acquisition owner to the hiring managers.
Doing thorough checks on interest towards the opportunity, fitment against various aspects like compensation, time required to join, location, commutation etc… and Calling up the potential candidates as per the requirement and need of the organization.
Establishing a robust regional sourcing strategy to include the identification and attraction of talent through a variety of sources including running/attending recruitments events.
Building and managing candidate pipelines and proactive talent pools for our most critical roles.
Expertly managing the full-life cycle of recruiting for your positions (source, pre-qualify, interview, assess, extend).
Proactively using expertise to uncover talent and influence hiring decisions to achieve the best talent outcome.
Providing an exceptional candidate experience along the way.
Actively contributing to our continuous recruitment excellence initiatives and projects.
Researching and understand talent markets, competitor profiles and industry trends.
Worked on various other projects like Offer Declining Analysis, Built our own Database.

Talent AcquisitionSourcing StrategyCandidate ExperienceRecruitment Strategy

New era india (an enworld group of company)

Career Consultant

Oct 2014 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Experienced career consultant with exposure in hiring for different domains and a proven track record to deliver.
Experienced in hiring of different domain like Telecom,Healthcare, Banking,Finance,
Part of the leadership hiring team of New Era; managing end to end recruitment lifecycle for given assignments. Exhaustively map the relevant organizations across sectors for all the assignments sing direct headhunting. Involved in sourcing directly for various mandates at leadership/senior level. Plan, implement induction schedule, on-boarding activities and complete joining formalities for all leadership recruits.
Key Skills and Specialization:
1. Recruitment & Selection for Mass and Leadership
2. Talent Pool Benchmarking Study
3. Diversity Hiring
4. Revenue Saving
5. Co-ordination
6. Sourcing & Screening exclusive candidates