Krishna Mohan

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a global team of 50+ engineers.
Delivered scalable tax payment systems across 30+ countries.
Transformed operational processes into innovative solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce expert with strong leadership in engineering management.

Contact

verma.krishnamohan@gmail.com +919891387067 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementTechnical OperationsTeam BuildingExecution PlanningInnovationMicroservices Architecture

Other Skills

AerospikeAmazon Web Services (AWS)Architectural PatternsBig DataCC++CSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CollaborationComplianceContinuous IntegrationCore JavaCost ReductionCustomer ExperienceDatabases

About

I am a Director of Engineering at Rippling, a cloud-based payroll and HR platform that simplifies and automates the complex and tedious tasks of managing employee data, benefits, and compliance. With over 11 years of experience in software development and engineering management, I have a proven track record of delivering and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure web-based applications and services in the domains of digital advertising and e-commerce. At Rippling, I manage the Tax Platform Department of 40 members across US, Poland and India location, responsible for the technical operations and personnel of one of the core features of the platform. I provide leadership, set goals, and ensure compliance with payroll regulations. I am also involved in strategic planning, project management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. My mission is to enable and empower the team and the engineers to grow, innovate, and solve the most challenging problems in the payroll industry.

Experience

13 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Rippling

2 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

I lead a global team of 50+ engineers responsible for the systems that handle tax payments and filings across 30+ countries, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timeliness at scale. Our platforms process billions of transactions annually, supporting critical business operations worldwide.
I work closely with product, operations, and compliance teams to set clear priorities, drive execution, and continuously improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
I’m passionate about building high-performing, collaborative teams, developing engineering leaders, and creating a culture where ownership, quality, and innovation drive real business impact.

LeadershipProject ManagementCollaborationTechnical Operations

Senior Engineering Manager

Mar 2023 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Managing the Tax Platform team of 35 engineers across 4 time zones (IST, PST, EST, CEST). I am responsible for managing technical operations and personnel. I provide leadership, set goals, and ensure compliance with payroll regulations. I am involved in strategic planning, project management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams and growth of the team and engineers.

LeadershipProject ManagementTeam Management

Amazon

2 roles

Software Development Manager

Promoted

Mar 2020 – Mar 2023 · 3 yrs

One of my notable successes was building a high-performing team from the ground up. I embarked on the task of hiring and onboarding talented individuals, carefully selecting those who possessed the necessary skills and expertise.
I was responsible for defining a compelling charter and execution plan for the team. With a clear vision and well-defined goals, we embarked on delivering and maintaining five critical tier-1 services. Through meticulous planning and efficient execution, we ensured that these services met and exceeded the organization's quality and performance standards.

Team BuildingExecution PlanningService Delivery

Software Development Engineer III

Apr 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Lead multiple projects from ground up to convert team's working style from operation driven to innovation driven and delivered multiple projects like enable the business users to control the return policies, carrier selection, warehouse and refund processing logics.
Built package less and label less return throughout US and EU to improve the customer experience by removing the label printing and boxing item and saving 100+ million dollars by transporting items in containers.
Ideated and lead multiple engineering initiatives like building realtime and historical replay testing module to improve the CD/CI quality and migrate traffic to new system with automated verification and comparison.
Broken then monolith service to micro services and defined the architecture of Return transportation system at Amazon scale.

InnovationProject ManagementMicroservices Architecture