Sudheer Bandaru

Founder

San Francisco, California, United States21 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Hivel, enhancing engineering productivity.
  • Led product integration post-acquisition at Bankrate.
  • Developed innovative recruitment technology at Shortlist.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Recruitment Technology expert with a strong focus on engineering productivity.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentProject ManagementStrategic PlanningTechnology SolutionsRecruiting TechnologyProduct DevelopmentEngineering ManagementData AnalyticsProduct Roadmap DevelopmentDigital Marketing

Other Skills

A/B TestingAI toolsAgile MethodologiesAngularJSApplication ArchitectureB2B and B2C ProductsBusiness IntelligenceCI CD systemsCompetency-Based AssessmentsCreativity SkillsData Center MigrationsDesign ThinkingE-commerceE-commerce SEOGit

About

A few years ago, I kept hearing the same frustration from engineering leaders across every corridor: startups, scaleups, GCCs, even Fortune 500 companies. “We’re shipping… but we don’t know if we’re improving.” “AI tools look great in demos, but what are they actually doing to our delivery?” “Our teams are working harder than ever. So why does predictability feel worse?” I knew this problem a little too well. After two decades of building and scaling engineering orgs, I had seen the same story repeat: endless tools, scattered data, and no single truth about velocity, quality, or team health. And when AI tools entered the chat, the confusion only grew louder. So I started Hivel, with one simple belief: Engineering leaders deserve clarity, not guesswork. Today, Hivel connects the dots across Git, Jira, CI CD systems, and AI tools, giving leaders a real view of how their teams work, what slows them down, and where AI is truly adding value. Not vanity AI usage, but actual impact on throughput, quality, rework, and delivery. Along the way, we discovered something deeper: numbers alone do not move teams. Insight, alignment, and healthier workflows do. That is why Hivel also surfaces patterns that leaders rarely see: meeting overload, burnout signals, rework spirals, onboarding gaps, and even silent attrition. The goal is simple. Help teams ship great products without losing great people. Today, Hivel supports more than 1000 teams, from fast-moving startups to global enterprises. The mission stays the same: Turn engineering data into outcomes, and turn AI investments into real ROI. If you are building a high velocity engineering org and want clarity you can trust, my inbox is always open.

Experience

21 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Shortlist professionals

2 roles

Sr Technology Advisor

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • I provide strategic advice to Shortlist to help maintain & enhance technology solutions powering the job seekers, recruiters, and employers. My goal is to assist Shortlist in adopting the latest technology to deliver a rich user experience & keep up with trends in tech hiring towards becoming a leader in the hiring space across India and East Africa.
Strategic PlanningTechnology SolutionsUser Experience Design

CTO

Jun 2015Nov 2021 · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • Shortlist is a recruiting technology company that helps employers in Africa and India build and develop world-class teams. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments. Each of our product offerings, ranging from a full-service recruiter to a lighter-touch software option, allows employers to efficiently and objectively identify top talent for junior- to mid-level roles.
  • Joined as a Founding member of the team (employee #1), built the complete tech team and developed multiple products to help find dream careers for over 1000+ professionals across India, Africa and 20+ countries in companies like Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Bain & Company, DHL, ITC Limited, Uber Eats, and Shell India.
Recruiting TechnologyProduct DevelopmentTeam Building

Hivel

Founder, CEO

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I was always flying blind throughout my engineering leadership career, not knowing if my team was getting better or worse, moving slower or faster. As a team, we continued to make process changes but never were confident to celebrate our success due to a lack of data to augment our gut feelings. With my passion for entrepreneurship and experience working at startups that went from garage stage to being traded on NASDAQ, or from being an employee #1 and taking from zero to one, I started Hivel (previously Insightly Analytics) to solve the engineering leadership challenges wearing the hat of an entrepreneur.
  • Hivel is a B2B SaaS solution to help companies improve engineering productivity and release better software faster, without team burnout. We take a holistic approach to developer productivity and provide interactive dashboards for visibility and actionable insights to improve software delivery as a whole.
Software DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementTeam LeadershipBusiness Intelligence

Forbes technology council

Official Member

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

Bankrate, inc.

Director of Engineering

Jan 2011Jun 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Technology leader overseeing strategy, execution, and delivery across B2B and B2C products including 1500+ consumer-facing domains. Managed multiple teams across locations in US and India consisting of product, design, engineering and data analytics teams to serve over 1MM monthly unique customers generating over $30MM per year in revenue. After Trouve got acquired by Bankrate in 2010, led the merger of products, people and culture into the new bigger organization involving data center migrations, HR reorganization, and product integrations to create efficiencies across with combined forces. Consolidated multiple industry brands and underlying technology platforms as a result of multiple acquisitions by Bankrate. Developed innovative solutions to overly simplifying the process of connecting consumers to insurance companies using OCRs, ML/AI in addition to many open source technologies which was successfully sold to Genstar backed All Web Leads for $165 M in 2015.
Engineering ManagementB2B and B2C ProductsData Analytics

Trouvé media

Director of Engineering

Apr 2009Dec 2010 · 1 yr 8 mos · SFO Bay Area, CA

  • Acquired by Bankrate in 2010, Trouvé Media publishes and markets informational resource websites that help connect insurance companies with customers. Led product, engineering & Digital Marketing (SEO, SEM & Affiliate) teams. Created new product roadmap, repositioned and redesigned the complete product to build a scalable and extensible architecture serving millions of customers across the US. Reduced engineering cost by 60%, improved average funnel conversion of over 65% and revenue per lead by 30%. Achieved the highest conversions for similar products in the US through a culture of continuous improvement with A/B & multivariate testing to improve the product with data-driven decisions. Initiated and scaled two innovative technology products/solutions from concept to launch helping the company win a considerable share of affiliate and SEO partners in the market leading to a successful acquisition by Bankrate in 2011.
Product Roadmap DevelopmentDigital MarketingSEO

Hewlett-packard

Sr.J2EE Developer

May 2008Dec 2008 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Merrill lynch

Sr. Java Developer

Oct 2006Feb 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

At&t

Sr. Java Developer

Aug 2004Sep 2006 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Ramon, CA

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B.Tech — Computer Science

Jan 1998Jan 2002

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