Dr. Pradip Acharya — Director of Engineering
A result driven engineering leader with total 20+ years of experience in analysis, design, development, delivery and operational excellence of large teams and large scale distributed system. I have 7+ years of engineering leadership experience span across planning, technical strategy, hiring, mentoring, people management, delivery management, stakeholder management, customer obsession for large scale executions, delivery and partner onboarding. Currently working as Senior Engineering Manager at Tekion Corp with responsibility of multiple teams goals and vision. Before tekion, I was an L6 SDM at Amazon with responsibility to set up india site as site leader for Alexa Connect Kit. I have setup multiple teams in bangalore including hiring senior positions and critical delivery goals. I was in Ola Cabs before Amazon. Proven expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and engineering best practices. A strategic thinker with a strong track record in hiring, coaching, and scaling high-performance teams. I have managed 40+ people including Architects, PE, SDE3, SDE2, SDE1 and managers. My leadership extends beyond technical skills as I have rapidly scaled teams, meeting full staffing goals within ambitious timelines and fostering a culture of innovation. The recent completion of our complex solution design and reviews process, which I co-led, is a testament to our collaborative spirit and architectural acumen. Entrepreneurial Experience: I have founded and sold a startup in 2006; launched another venture in 2019, gaining valuable insights into startup growth, funding, and day to day operations. Tech Skills: Java, J2ee, Kafka, Radis, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservice, Event Driven Architecture, NoSql, MongoDB, DynamoDB, AWS, S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Cloud Watch, Grafana, New relic, Elastic Search etc.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with extensive experience in distributed systems and team management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Technology Solutions
- Java
- Software Development
- Project Management
- Performance Management
- Code Design
Career Highlights
- 20+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
- Proven expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
- Successfully scaled high-performance teams across multiple regions.
Work Experience
Tekion Corp
Senior Engineering Manager (1 yr)
Amazon
Engineering leader (3 yrs)
Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd)
Engineering Manager (1 yr 10 mos)
Molex
Engineering Manager - Industrial IoT (11 mos)
SpanMyLife
Founder (2 yrs 8 mos)
Société Générale
Tech Lead (1 yr 6 mos)
Oracle
Principal Engineer - Oracle Fusion (1 yr 9 mos)
JDA Software (I2 Technology)
Technical Architect - E-commerce (1 yr 4 mos)
Ness Technologies
Member of Technical Staff @ PAYBACK (1 yr 3 mos)
Tata Consultancy Services
Asistant Consultant (1 yr 10 mos)
Cognizant Technology Solution
Associate - Projects (1 yr 4 mos)
IBM Global Business Services
System Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Master’s Degree at National Institute of Technology Durgapur
BSc at University of Calcutta
HS at Rampurhat high school