Preeti Arora — CTO

Greetings! I'm Preeti Arora, a dynamic and forward-thinking technology leader with over 20 years of experience at the forefront of software engineering and strategic innovation. My career has been a journey of transforming visionary ideas into tangible results, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business growth and operational excellence. At the heart of my professional journey is a relentless pursuit of innovation and a commitment to excellence. I specialize in strategic technology leadership, cloud computing, enterprise software architecture, and I thrive on solving complex challenges and turning them into opportunities for success. I have driven and successfully delivered major technolgy transformations that have boosted customer retention, revenue growth & achieved sharp business OKR's for Fortune 100 organizations like Walmart Global Tech and Atlassian. My engineering & technical leadership acumen has led to significant achievements, such as enhancing the scalability of systems to process 1 billion transactions per day with a P95 response time of less than 2 seconds, service availability of fours 9’s, and driving significant business outcomes like a 30% GMV uptick, a 20% increase in customer retention. I have had the privilege of leading talented full stack engineering teams across the globe, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance. My leadership style is inclusive and empowering, focusing on mentoring and developing the next generation of tech leaders. Let's connect and explore how we can collaborate on exciting projects, share innovative ideas, and drive transformative change in the tech industry. Reach out if you're interested in discussing technology trends, cloud solutions, AI/ML, or leadership strategies. PS: All opinions expressed via my LinkedIn posts/comments are my own and not those of my employer. #VisionaryLeadership #Innovation #Transformation #TechLeadership #GlobalTeams #AI #CloudComputing My Engineering journey podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgieTc6pUP8&t=4s GenAI Webinar delivered by me (for Vidhya Analytics): https://community.analyticsvidhya.com/c/datahour/unleashing-creativity-with-generative-ai-from-prompts-to-custom-gpts Articles authored by me: https://medium.com/@parora1602

Stackforce AI infers this person is a technology leader specializing in cloud computing and enterprise software for B2C and B2B sectors.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 24 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Engineering Leadership
Solution Architecture
Cloud Migration
Software Architecture
Cloud Computing
Enterprise Architecture
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Engineering Management

Career Highlights

20 years of experience in technology leadership.
Led engineering teams for Fortune 100 companies.
Achieved significant business outcomes through technology transformation.

Work Experience

Deliveroo

Vice President of Engineering (1 yr 5 mos)

Atlassian

Head of Engineering (1 yr 6 mos)

Walmart Global Tech India

Director of Engineering (1 yr 11 mos)

Chegg Inc.

Director of Platform Engineering (1 yr 2 mos)

IHS Markit | Technology

Director, Software Engineering (5 yrs 1 mo)

BSB Portal (IgniteWorld)

Director (3 mos)

CA Technologies

Principal Engineering Manager (6 yrs 10 mos)

Tata Consultancy Services

Assistant Consultant (AST) (6 yrs 10 mos)

Education

AI and ML for Industry at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Executive Leadership Development Program at Indian School of Business

Senior Management Program (SMP) at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

M.Tech at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

B.E. at SRMS College of Engg. & Tech, Bareilly

Preeti Arora

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India24 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in technology leadership.
Led engineering teams for Fortune 100 companies.
Achieved significant business outcomes through technology transformation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a technology leader specializing in cloud computing and enterprise software for B2C and B2B sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipSolution ArchitectureCloud MigrationSoftware ArchitectureCloud ComputingEnterprise ArchitectureCross-functional Team LeadershipEngineering Management

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)AngularApache KafkaB2CBusiness StrategyContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Corporate FinanceDigital StrategyE-CommerceEnterprise SoftwareExecutive LeadershipJavaLeadership

About

Experience

24 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Deliveroo

Vice President of Engineering

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Leading global engineering teams based out of India, UK, and Poland to drive business growth and operational efficiency for Restaurants & New Verticals groups.
Spearhead initiatives to optimize productivity, enhance engineering excellence, and ensure seamless collaboration within the cross-functional teams.
Implement innovative strategies that can significantly increase key business metrics and operational effectiveness.
Embrace GenAI adoption to transform the way our users (partners/consumers/riders) use Deliveroo's apps and platforms and embed native AI software development into engineering practices.
Site leader for our Bangalore centre.

Engineering LeadershipSolution ArchitectureAWSCross-functional Team LeadershipSenior Stakeholder ManagementExecutive Leadership

Atlassian

Head of Engineering

Jun 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Spearheaded the development of a re-architected migration platform, enabling enterprise customers to shift to cloud-based SaaS offerings.
Led & executed the technical vision and strategy, achieving a 100x increase in migration throughput and reducing production incidents MTTR by 50%.
Directed a globally distributed engineering team of engineers (across India and Australia), fostering a culture of innovation and operational excellence.

JavaEnterprise ArchitectureEnterprise SoftwareCloud MigrationCloud ComputingAmazon Web Services (AWS)+4

Walmart global tech india

Director of Engineering

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Global functional owner for Post Transactions vertical of customer experience for US based consumers of walmart.com and Walmart mobile apps (IOS/Android). I also owned W+ member engagement domain's functional roadmap - W+ is Walmart's flagship membership / subscription program offering multitude of exciting benefits to trial/paid customers.
Responsible for leading technology strategy, architecture, design & roadmap delivery
Orchestrated engineering efforts to drive a 30% GMV uptick and a 20% increase in customer retention.
Enhanced the W+ member engagement program, achieving significant improvements in key business metrics.
Led a full-stack (web UI, Android/IOS native apps, orchestration layer and backend services) distributed engineering team, improving P95 response time to less than 2 seconds and service availability to 99.99%.
Championed diversity and inclusion initiatives, organized innovation forums, awarded for engineering excellence.

JavaMicrosoft AzureCloud ComputingE-CommercegolangSoftware Architecture+3

Chegg inc.

Director of Platform Engineering

May 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Delhi, India

Led the platform engineering team within Learning Services vertical at Chegg. Responsible for content management platform development, business intelligence integration, SRE (Devops), financial reporting and test automation.
Revamped the architecture of the content management platform, resulting in a 25% increase in student subscriptions.
Directed the modernization of the tech stack, transitioning to AWS cloud-native stack and integrating BI capabilities using Tableau.
Mentored a platform engineering team, fostering innovation and excellence across the organization.

JavaMicroservicesLeadershipCloud ComputingAmazon Web Services (AWS)Software Architecture+4

Ihs markit | technology

Director, Software Engineering

Mar 2015 – Apr 2020 · 5 yrs 1 mo · India

Identified newer opportunities for implementing operational efficiencies, cost optimization, engineering best practices, DevOPS and product / process innovation
Led Technology uplift, on prem to Cloud native transformation, multiple compelling features to increase the accuracy of security prices across asset classes & compliance in regulated markets.
Streamlined technical debt remediation, ensured GDPR compliance & re-architecture of multiple systems to make them more resilient and fault tolerant. Production incidents occurrence rate reduced to 0 S1’s in 6 months
Led the critical charter of migrating from on-prem deployment to AWS Cloud native stack, in record time
Won Team Impact award for one of my systems for driving innovation with engineering excellence
Championed Health & Wellness and Corporate Sustainability initiatives for India site

JavaEnterprise ArchitectureEnterprise SoftwareCloud MigrationCloud ComputingAmazon Web Services (AWS)+5

Bsb portal (igniteworld)

Director

Dec 2014 – Mar 2015 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Spearheaded Technical Strategy – owned planning, executing & technical strategy & roadmap of multiple mobile applications:
1) Wynk Music app - Mobile app with dynamically curated music content for Indian audience
2) My Airtal (SelfCare) app – Account management self-care app for Airtel subscribers in India
3) Airtel Money app – Mobile wallet/Payment gateway enabled application for Airtel’s userbase
Liaised with CXO stakeholders at enterprise investor firms Airtel, SoftBank & Yahoo Japan, cross-functional leadership to define & publish technical & product roadmaps

Cross-functional Team LeadershipMobile CommerceLeadershipB2CSoftware ArchitectureNegotiation+2

Ca technologies

Principal Engineering Manager

Feb 2008 – Dec 2014 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

End-to-end engineering ownership of various releases for key enterprise products (CA Cloud Service Management, CA Wily Introscope & Powerpacks)
Led technical design, scoping & estimation, planning, execution, early access, rollout, GA/SA readiness of Product features on functional roadmap
Led AWS Cloud adoption and lift and shift migration strategy for on prem products.
Received multiple “Above & Beyond” Rewards, Recognitions & promotions for excellence in the mainstream work and for going above and beyond the regular deliverables.

JavaEngineering ManagementResource AllocationEnterprise SoftwareTest AutomationPerformance Tuning+6

Tata consultancy services

Assistant Consultant (AST)

Apr 2001 – Feb 2008 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Performed multitude of roles (Team Lead, Project Lead, Module Lead, Onsite tech. lead, Developer) for various IT projects across multiple geographies, clients & business domains:
1) NHS Alliance – Fujitsu, UK (Work Location: UK)
2) RAPT Migration –Eli Lilly, US (Work Location: Noida)
3) ATLAS .NET Migration – GE Real Estate, US (Work Location: Noida)
4) AMS reporting & eGR Applications - GE Real Estate, US (Work Location: US)
5) NCS Customization- JP Morgan Chase, UK (Work Location: Gurgaon)
Awarded Star of the Quarter, Client appreciations for excellent work at onsite locations (US & UK), Multiple Promotions

Software Architecture