Abhishek Anand

Engineering Manager

Canada9 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

12+ years in backend systems engineering.
Architected platforms handling 100B+ daily requests.
Led high-performing teams in ad-tech domain.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineering Leader in the Ad-Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementReal-time Bidding (rtb)Technical ArchitectureEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

APIsAerospikeAgile DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAkkaAlgorithmsApache KafkaCode ReviewCore JavaCustomer DataData StructuresElasticSearchGitJavaJava Concurrency

About

Engineering Manager with 12+ years of experience scaling backend systems and leading high-performing teams in the ad-tech domain. I’ve architected platforms handling 100B+ daily requests, managed Multi million $ in monthly ad spend, and driven DevEx improvements that enhanced team velocity and onboarding.I’m passionate about distributed systems, low-latency APIs, and growing engineering culture through mentorship, roadmap ownership, and DevEx leadership.

Experience

9 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Lyft

Software Engineering Manager

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Engineering Management

Illumin (acuityads inc.)

4 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Leading the acquisition and activation pillars of the product roadmap from engineering end.
Enhancing the omni channel journey advertising experience by integrating new verticals in to the product as well as improving existing offerings.

Team ManagementEngineering LeadershipReal-Time Bidding (RTB)Customer DataLeadershipTechnical Architecture+12

Software Engineering Team Lead

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Hired and led a team to integrate Social advertising vertical in the product using microservices.
Designed and implemented web to meta audience retargeting framework based on pixels.

Team ManagementTeam CultureEngineering LeadershipCustomer DataLeadershipKafka+12

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos

Team CultureTechnical ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipTechnical DirectionSoftware DevelopmentAgile Methodologies+5

Software Developer II

May 2019 – May 2021 · 2 yrs

Reliability

Affinio

Backend Developer

Feb 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

Sprinklr

2 roles

Associate Director Product Development

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Jan 2018 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Team CultureTechnical ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipTechnical DirectionTeam LeadershipEngineering Management+1

Product Engineer

Oct 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Development of backend for Sprinklr Advertising Module.
Ads Creation/Analytics and management for Social Channels
Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, Yahoo, Pinterest and Snapchat.
Ads Analytics, Optimization Suite, Manager.
API Integration.

Fiord

Social Media Strategist Intern

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 · 2 yrs

Development of a long term social media strategy for the company both online as well as offline, using various mediums / platforms: Online channels – website, social platforms, other media outlets and Offline channels – inter and intra school competitions. The project involved learning and implementing:
Identifying various segments of users, designing various strategies based on their characteristics
Implementing targeted social campaigns