Nikko Bautista

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States17 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led teams of 30+ engineers in high-scale projects.
  • Successfully launched products generating over $80M.
  • Expert in cloud security and identity management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and MarTech expert with a strong focus on product security and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product SecurityCloud SecurityTalent SolutionsSearch OptimizationProduct ManagementBusiness GrowthProduct DevelopmentData ManagementPlatform IntegrationApplication DevelopmentTeam Management

Other Skills

identityaccess managementgovernancecloud productLinkedIn Recruiter Searchstrategic initiativessearch facetsTalent Insightsjob liquidityenterprise jobs servicesJob IngestionJob Wrappingintegrationjob ingestion platformjob seeker side

About

Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building high-scale, secure platforms across cloud infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, and talent marketplaces. Proven track record leading organizations of 30+ engineers, launching $80M+ products, and driving cloud security strategies at companies like Confluent and LinkedIn. Currently Head of Product Security at Confluent, leading global teams responsible for identity, access, and governance systems across a multi-tenant cloud platform. Previously led teams in LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions organization — LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights and the LinkedIn Job ingestion platforms.

Experience

17 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Confluent

Director, Product Security

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  • As the Head of Product Security at Confluent, my organization is responsible for the development and management of all customer-facing security features for Confluent’s cloud product. Our work spans critical areas such as identity, access management, governance, and providing platform functionalities that enable seamless integration for other product teams.
identityaccess managementgovernancecloud productProduct SecurityCloud Security

Linkedin

5 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Sep 2021Jul 2022 · 10 mos

  • I led an organization of engineers and managers in the LinkedIn Talent Solutions group and was responsible for LinkedIn Recruiter Search. I implemented strategic initiatives to drive key adoption metrics over the course of the pandemic, most notably introducing new search facets to help improve hiring remote workers.
LinkedIn Recruiter Searchstrategic initiativessearch facetsTalent SolutionsSearch Optimization

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jun 2017Sep 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • I led a team of engineers and managers across our San Francisco and Sunnyvale offices working on LinkedIn Talent Solutions’ insights product called Talent Insights. My team was a key contributor to Talent Insight’s successful launch and growth to an $100M+ business.
  • Prior to working on Talent Insights, I led a team of engineers across our San Francisco and India offices working on LinkedIn’s Job Ingestion and Job Wrapping platform. My team was mainly responsible for increasing LinkedIn’s job liquidity across multiple countries, culminating in LinkedIn reaching 20M jobs on the site, as well as handling our enterprise jobs services that handled the creation and maintenance of 95% of LinkedIn’s paid jobs.
Talent Insightsjob liquidityenterprise jobs servicesProduct ManagementBusiness Growth

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2016Jun 2017 · 7 mos

  • I started my career at LinkedIn post-acquisition from Bright as one of the founding members of the Job Ingestion team. We were responsible for the successful integration of Bright’s job ingestion platform into the LinkedIn Jobs ecosystem and creation of tools to help grow our job liquidity across different countries and job markets.
Job IngestionJob Wrappingjob liquidityProduct DevelopmentData Management

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2015Nov 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

Software Engineer

Mar 2014Mar 2015 · 1 yr

Bright.com (acquired by linkedin)

Software Engineer

Dec 2011Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • As a software engineer for Bright, I was part of the team that worked on the job seeker side of the Bright website. Towards the end of my tenure, I led the team that created and worked on Bright’s job ingestion platform that ultimately led to our $120M acquisition by LinkedIn.

Pepperconn pte. ltd.

3 roles

Senior Manager, Application Research and Development

Jan 2011Oct 2011 · 9 mos · Singapore

  • I led and managed a team of engineers working on PepperConn’s white labeled social media management solution. I also led the team and launched multiple applications and games to support the social media campaigns for different brands.

Manager, Web Development

Promoted

Jun 2010Dec 2010 · 6 mos · Singapore

social media management solutionapplication developmentApplication DevelopmentTeam Management

Application Developer

Sep 2009Jun 2010 · 9 mos · Singapore

  • As an application developer for PepperConn, I worked on ad-hoc social media campaigns for different brands in Singapore. I also worked on the PepperConn Groupware, a social media management solution which was the key product for the company.

Envato

Staff Writer

Jun 2010Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • I worked as a writer for Nettuts+, now known as Tuts+, a website that offers tutorials on many topics about web development and programming in general.
job ingestion platformjob seeker sideProduct DevelopmentPlatform Integration

Citi

Trainee - Citi Employee Services

May 2009Sep 2009 · 4 mos · Singapore

  • I developed, supported and maintained websites for both CES Asia/Pacific and CES EMEA

Education

Ateneo de Manila University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) — Computer Science

Jan 2005Jan 2009

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