Venkata T. — CEO
Engineering leader delivering transformative business outcomes: 9x revenue growth, 40% churn reduction, and 28% infrastructure optimization, while building high-performing teams across global markets. Currently VP of Product Engineering at Needl.ai, where I'm leading the AI-native transformation of our enterprise platform. In just over a year, I've architected agentic AI systems with LLM integration (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini), built RAG pipelines with patent-pending semantic search, and delivered 3 AI-powered products in 3 weeks—achieving a 60x productivity improvement. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: - Led AI-native platform transformation delivering 9x revenue growth and 40% churn reduction - Scaled cross-cultural engineering teams from 8 to 26 across India, Singapore, and Taiwan during COVID - Reduced infrastructure costs 28% while managing product and engineering budgets - Built ML-powered pricing engine at Lazada, achieving 70% basket penetration - Launched Razorpay's Magic Checkout (0-to-1 fintech product) with ML-powered fraud detection - Led teams through challenging environments, including Alibaba's 996 culture - Delivered 3 end-to-end products in 3 weeks, leveraging AI and refined processes EXPERTISE: 18+ years driving transformations across SaaS, e-commerce, and fintech platforms. Deep expertise in microservices architecture, cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/Azure/K8s), AI/ML systems (LLM integration, agentic AI, context engineering), and establishing engineering excellence through structured processes (Agile, OKRs, CI/CD, automated testing). I specialize in: - Building and scaling engineering organizations - AI-native platform transformations - Distributed systems and microservices architecture - Cross-cultural team leadership (US, Europe, India, APAC, China) - 0-to-1 product development in high-growth startups M.Tech in Information Technology from IIIT-Bangalore Open to connecting with engineering leaders, founders, and innovators in the AI/SaaS space. Let's discuss how technology can drive business transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a strong focus on AI-driven product development.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 19 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Ai-native Platform Transformations
- Microservices Architecture
- 0-to-1 Product Development
- Fintech Product Launch
- Cross-cultural Team Leadership
- Order Management Platform Management
- Ml-driven Pricing Engine Development
- E-commerce Platform Management
- Customer Experience Management
- Database Optimization
- Mobile Application Development
Career Highlights
- Achieved 9x revenue growth through AI product innovation.
- Delivered 3 AI-powered products in just 3 weeks.
- Scaled engineering teams across multiple countries during COVID.
Work Experience
Needl.ai
VP of Product Engineering (2 yrs 6 mos)
Career Break
Personal goal pursuit (7 mos)
Razorpay
Associate Director / Senior Engineering Manager (11 mos)
Carousell
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 1 mo)
Lazada
Engineering Manager | Pricing (1 yr 11 mos)
Oracle
Prinicipal Member of Technical Staff | Oracle Cloud | IPAAS (3 mos)
Principal Member Of Technical Staff | Oracle database | Optimizer Statistics (6 yrs 8 mos)
OpenText
Lead Engineer | Experience Analytics suite (1 yr 10 mos)
Nokia
R & D Engineer | SAPI | S60 Middleware (1 yr 10 mos)
Outdu
Software Engineer Intern | Digital Signage Platform (6 mos)
International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore
Teaching Assistant (4 mos)
Education
M.Tech at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
B.Tech at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
