Chethana HB — Director of Engineering
Engineering leader with 16+ years of experience building and scaling high performing teams and distributed, cloud native platforms across enterprise and fintech domains. Proven track record of leading multi-team engineering organizations, driving end-to-end ownership from architecture to delivery, and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes. Currently driving adoption of AI-first engineering practices, with hands on experience in applying Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and emerging agentic AI systems to improve developer productivity, automate workflows, and enable intelligent product capabilities. Focused on integrating AI into engineering systems from copilots and internal tools to scalable AI-driven product features. Experienced in scaling systems and teams to support growth, improving engineering efficiency, and optimizing cost and performance at scale. Strong focus on organizational design, hiring, and developing engineering leaders, while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. Recognized for driving cross-functional alignment across product, business, and engineering to deliver measurable impact accelerating delivery cycles, enhancing system reliability, and enabling strategic flexibility in fast-paced environments. Awarded the Grand Prize at PayPal’s Global Product Hackathon and an active contributor to the engineering community through leadership roles in initiatives such as GHCI and Women Who Code. Passionate about building resilient organizations, mentoring future leaders, and leveraging AI and emerging technologies to create scalable, future-ready platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech engineering leader with a focus on AI integration.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 16 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Leadership
- Strategic Thinking
- Data Quality
Career Highlights
- 16+ years of engineering leadership experience
- Awarded Grand Prize at PayPal’s Global Product Hackathon
- Driving AI-first engineering practices
Work Experience
Walmart Global Tech India
Sr.Engineering Manager (4 yrs 1 mo)
Khoros
Technical Manager (2 yrs 5 mos)
Lead Software Engineer (1 yr 2 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (10 mos)
VMware
Senior Member of Technical Staff (2 yrs 2 mos)
PayPal
Software Engineer II (1 yr 1 mo)
AOL
Software Engineer (4 yrs 5 mos)
National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
Intern (7 mos)
Education
Advanced Strategic Management at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Master of Computer Applications - MCA at BMS Institute of Technology and Management