Hemant Virmani — CTO
Engineering leader known for delivering scalable, cloud-native and AI-powered platforms at Amazon and Adobe. Combines deep technical expertise with a people-first leadership style to build high-performing teams and ship impactful technology. Skilled at driving complex initiatives from concept to launch, evolving legacy systems, and aligning cross-functional teams to solve business-critical problems. Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Systems: Re-architected Amazon's storage system to achieve 99.99% availability, supporting Billions of artifacts+ artifacts, 300+ internal services, and 10x platform growth. AI and ML Integration: Setup Applied Science Teams, Created and Integrated GenAI and machine learning into infrastructure, driving automation in document processing, and product classification. Infrastructure Optimization and Cost Efficiency: Delivered cost savings and reduced operational load by 80% through cost efficiency, cloud-native optimizations, and organizational stabilization. Business Growth and 0→1 Scaling: Launched multiple 0→1 initiatives, accelerating revenue and customer adoption; led fast-paced pilots in start-up mode and A/B testing to validate concepts, optimize performance, and drive rapid innovation. Organizational Leadership and Talent Development: Promoted and mentored senior leaders across global teams; Bar Raiser for hiring, documentation, and operational excellence (COE) at Amazon. Executive Engineering Leadership: Led a large engineering organization and promoted 4 team members to L7 at Amazon to deepen leadership capacity; reorganized teams to remove innovation bottlenecks and clarify ownership, increasing employee satisfaction from below benchmark to significantly above benchmark and improving focus on strategic KPIs. Additional Skills: Experimentation & Data-Driven Decision Making, Cross-functional Strategy and Product Alignment, Talent Management and Culture Building
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Logistics expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.
Location: Sammamish, Washington, United States
Experience: 25 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Applied Ai/ Ml/ Genai
- Platform Engineering
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Executive Engineering Leadership
- Engineering Management
- Innovation
Career Highlights
- Delivered 99.99% availability for Amazon's storage system
- Launched multiple 0→1 initiatives accelerating revenue
- Mentored senior leaders and improved team satisfaction
Work Experience
AI Powered, Large Scale Systems
Seeking Head of Engineering Opportunities (4 mos)
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Education
Master of Science (MS) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
BE at Delhi College of Engineering