Shahid Khan

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India29 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

25+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
Expertise in developing secure, scalable software solutions.
Proven track record in architecting enterprise-grade platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in engineering leadership and microservices architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

SecurityCloud ComputingMicroservicesSoftware DevelopmentDesign Patterns

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAnalyticsCassandraData ProtectionDebuggingDeep LearningDistributed SystemsDockerElasticSearchEnterprise SoftwareFramework DesignGoHibernate

About

Driven, pragmatic & hands-on engineering leader with 25+ years of expertise in taking products all the way from concept to market, while balancing technology with business value at startups and enterprises. Adept at dealing with ambiguity, cutting to the heart of the matter quickly, efficiently & getting things done. Loves working in smart & humble teams solving problems of significant technical complexity, scale & impact. Always optimising for learning.

Experience

29 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Nexla

Director of Engineering

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Setting up India Engineering

Spotnana

Director of Engineering

Nov 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Platform, API and Payments

Google

Sr. Engineering Manager (L7)

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr · India

Worked on BeyondCorp Enterprise - A zero trust solution that enables secure access to applications and resources, and offers integrated threat and data protection.

Vmware

Senior Engineering Manager, Development

Apr 2018 – Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Service owner, vRealize Network Insight Cloud.
Responsible to ensure that all functions i.e. Product Management, Development, SRE, Production Engineering, Scale, Security, Compliance, Support and Customer Success are aligned towards making the service successful.