Rahul Garg

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs experience

AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20% performance boost through GenAI tool adoption.
Cut release cycle time from 1 year to 3 months.
Built technical organizations from scratch.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI expert with a strong focus on performance engineering and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsPeople ManagementBlockchainFederated LearningPerformance OptimizationPerformance EngineeringAndroid

Other Skills

Generative AITeam ProductivityPerformance ManagementPerformance AnalysisCloud Cost ManagementPerformance BenchmarkingAmazon Web Services (AWS)Back-End Web DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure ManagementScalabilityPerformance TestingCloud ComputingC++Android DevelopmentTeam Management

About

Results-driven engineering executive with over 15 years of experience building and scaling high-performance global teams across Intel, VMware, and Samsung. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional groups to deliver complex products in Distributed Systems, Federated Learning, Blockchain, and GenAI. ● Delivered a 20% performance boost and a 30% increase in team output via GenAI tool adoption, transparent processes, and hands-on mentorship. ● Successfully built technical organizations from scratch, managing teams from junior to senior staff engineers, and driving continuous improvement in engineering culture and process. ● Passionate about developing talent, accelerating releases (cutting cycle time from 1 year to 3 months), and architecting organizational change for growth and impact. 🔹 Core strengths: People Management, Technical Leadership, Performance Optimization, Distributed Systems, Performance Engineering, Blockchain, Cross-geo team building Let’s connect if you’re seeking to scale your engineering organization or need a results-oriented leader for your next phase of growth!

Experience

16 yrs

Total Experience

5 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Capital one

Senior Engineering Manager

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Intel corporation

Software Engineering Manager

May 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

1. Led a multi-geo team of 6 engineers, driving 20% uplift in application performance and building secured distributed ledger solutions.
2. Managed 10-member team to deliver core features for OpenFL (Intel's Secure Federated AI); guided product transition from Blockchain to Federated Learning—pioneering new technical domains.
3. Drove release velocity by streamlining code review/design, cutting cycle time from 1 year to 3 months.
4. Championed Generative AI tool adoption, raising team productivity by 30%; directly coached and mentored engineers at all levels.
5. Maintained deep technical hands-on engagement to resolve blockers and model technical excellence.

People ManagementDistributed Systems

Vmware

3 roles

Engineering Manager, Performance

Promoted

Oct 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · On-site

1. Built and led a diverse team (grew from 4 to 10) to deliver industry-leading performance benchmarks in Virtualization and Blockchain.
2. Engineered VMware Blockchain performance scaling (20 TPS → 700 TPS); awarded CTO recognition for impact.
3. Spearheaded “Performance as a Service” platform, enabling early-stage validation and increasing resource efficiency by 4X while cutting cloud costs 50%.
4. Acted as primary point for customer performance engagements, addressing scaling challenges for top-tier clients.

BlockchainPerformance ManagementPerformance Engineering

Staff Engineer 1

Aug 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · On-site

1. Diagnosed and resolved complex performance issues in VMware Horizon View and VMware Blockchain, improving system stability and user experience.
2. Spearheaded the design and implementation of “Performance as a Service”, a scalable performance analysis platform:
Increased resource utilization by 4× and reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 50%
Enabled early-stage performance validation for Blockchain and Virtualization projects, significantly expanding performance coverage and accelerating development cycles
3. Published WhitePaper and Blog about the Performance contribution for customer engagement.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Back-End Web Development

Senior Member Technical Staff Performance Engineering

Jul 2016 – Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo · On-site

1. Architected the backend of a cross-platform Performance Automation Framework, enabling performance testing across both on-premises and AWS environments
2. Streamlined performance testing workflows, allowing the Performance Engineering team to reduce manual effort and focus on deeper performance analysis, significantly improving overall test efficiency
3. Played a key role in developing VMware View Planner, a benchmark tool for VMware Horizon View, helping standardize performance validation across virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments.

ScalabilityPerformance Engineering

Samsung r&d institute, bangalore

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2010 – Jul 2016 · 6 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

1. Handle restructuring the Android Camera architecture for the Qualcomm Chipset to improve performance.
2. Implemented Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for Android Camera architecture.
3. Participated in commercialization activities, including board bring up for new Android phones.
4. Developed Android applications for Samsung customers.
5. Designed and developed Android applications.
6. Released several Android applications independently.

C++Android