Venkatesh Gundu

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 1 mo experience
AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact results.
  • Designed scalable AI-driven content systems.
  • Expert in cloud infrastructure and microservices architecture.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce expert with a strong focus on AI and cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementAi DevelopmentCloud InfrastructureSoftware DevelopmentMicroservices Architecture

Other Skills

Engineering LeadershipgRPCGCPGemini AIContent CreationCross-Functional Team ManagementSpring BootMicroservicesRESTful Web ServicesHadoopModel Context Protocol (MCP)Agentic AI DevelopmentGoogle GeminiOpenAI APIGitHub Copilot

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AI Skills: MCP Platform, Multi-Agent Systems, OpenAI (GPT-5), Claude (Opus 4.6), Gemini, Prompt Engineering, LangChain, Agno, LangSmith, Hugging Face (image matching, embeddings) Programming Skills: Java, Kotlin, Python, Spring MVC, Spring Microservices, Spring Reactive/webflux, Spring cache, Restful web services, Apache Kafka, Google pubsub, MAVEN, Gradle, log4j, Logback, HTML, Svelte, Javascript, NodeJs. Databases: Mongo DB, Cosmos DB, MYSQL, Postgre SQL, Cassandra. DevOps: CI/CD pipeline, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, GKE, Azure, AKS, Azure Keyvault, Hashicorp, AWS storage, Ngnix, CDN, ElasticCache, Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, APM, Jenkins, JIRA tools. Leadership & Org Management: Architecture, Technical Leadership, People Management, Cross-Functional Execution, Performance & Delivery Management, Program Oversight, Executive Reporting.

Experience

12 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
7 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Quince

Engineering Manager

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

Glance

Senior Engineering Manager

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Shopatainment, News/Videos Platform, Ad Monetization
  • Optimized content creation workflows by leveraging the Gemini AI tool to generate news article summaries in multiple vernacular languages, reducing article theme generation time by 40% and minimizing resource utilization by 30%, enabling faster and more efficient content delivery.
  • Enhanced content scalability by leveraging OpenAI and Google's Gemini 1.5 and 2.0 Flash models, increasing timeless news articles and video content production by 80%, improving engagement and content freshness.
  • Delivered solutions to technical requirements by maintaining stability, ensuring visibility, and aligning infrastructure with organizational standards for multiple domains, including e-commerce (Shop101) and live streaming (Roposo).
  • Designed and built an end-to-end Shoptainment system, creating a live-stream shopping experience that generated over 10,000 orders per day.
  • Enhanced infrastructure stability by identifying and resolving critical loopholes and performance leakages. Led the seamless adoption of advanced cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP). To accomplish this, I need to be proficient in coding and have a comprehensive understanding of infrastructure-level work.
  • Led a cross-functional team of over 20 engineers across frontend, backend, and DS. actively managing multiple projects and delivering high-impact results.
  • Integrated Google programmatic ads on the Roposo Live platform, significantly boosting revenue and achieving a 40% Dollar Retention Rate (DRR) from the overall project.
  • Orchestrated war rooms to address critical challenges, ensured timely feature delivery, and provided continuous support for ongoing operations.
  • Mentored and supported the professional growth of 9 team members within the current project, fostering skill development, career progression, and overall team effectiveness.
gRPCGCPAI DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure

Walmart global ecommerce

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2014Jun 2021 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Bentonville, AR

  • Global Integrated Fulfillment (GIF): The GIF is integration project for Walmart, Sams Club online shopping and store pickups that will provide a foundation for a global system that integrates order management, picking and delivery to the customer.
  • Designed and developed business services using Spring Boot, implementing Dependency Injection for modularity and scalability, and utilizing DAO Design Patterns for efficient data access and separation of concerns.
  • Developed RESTful web services using Spring WebFlux and Spring MVC, replacing Jersey for enhanced scalability and reactive programming, providing clients and UI with non-blocking, high-performance APIs.
  • Applied Spring Framework for transaction management, leveraging Spring Data JPA for building ORM layers, ensuring efficient and seamless integration with relational databases, and optimizing database interactions with Spring Transactional annotations.
  • ERX Prescriptions: The erx prescriptions to deliver electronic doctor prescription from SureScripts to Walmart store systems so that pharmacist will make the prescriptions available to the customers.
  • Designed and developed Spring Boot-based microservices to support electronic prescriptions, leveraging Spring Data for seamless integration with Hadoop servers for centralized data storage and analytics.
  • Developed Spring Batch applications for efficient monitoring and processing of large-scale transactions, incorporating Spring Cloud Task for orchestration and enhanced fault tolerance.
  • Deployed and managed applications on a Kubernetes platform, utilizing Spring Cloud Kubernetes for seamless configuration management, service discovery, and scalability in a microservices architecture.
Spring BootMicroservicesSoftware DevelopmentMicroservices Architecture

Wellsforgo

Java Developer

Jun 2013Jan 2014 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Connecture

Java Developer

Jan 2013Jun 2013 · 5 mos · Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Education

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Masters — Project Management

Jan 2019Jan 2020

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Master — Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Master's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2013

WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Master's degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2012

Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering

Bachelor's degree — Industrial Engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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