Vikas Budhwat

CTO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India14 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led development of intelligent autoscaling for Kubernetes.
Designed anomaly detection platform for Salesforce services.
Contributed to custom OS for Kindle devices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with strong cloud and risk technology skills.

Contact

vbudhwat@salesforce.com +918669050454 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

KubernetesCloud ComputingAnomaly DetectionCapacity PlanningScheduling OptimizationFireosAndroidMarket Risk TechnologyOrder Management SystemHealthcare Insurance

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAgile methodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Amdocs OMSAndroid FrameworkJSPJSP developmentJavaJava Enterprise EditionJavaScriptMarket RiskOraclePL/SQLSQLServlets

About

Results-driven software engineer with experience in cloud computing, Kubernetes, system architecture, and large-scale distributed systems. Passionate about building resilient, scalable, and high-performance solutions that drive efficiency and innovation. Currently leading the development of MARS (Moncloud Autoscaling and Remediation Service) at Salesforce, enabling intelligent autoscaling for Kubernetes clusters. Experienced in designing and implementing mission-critical services across domains like cloud infrastructure, market risk technology, and smart device ecosystems.

Experience

14 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs

Current Experience

Salesforce

Lead Member of Technical Staff

Jun 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Driving anomaly detection platform development which is leveraged by all Salesforce services, enabling proactive issue and anomaly detection and operational visibility across services and products.
Leading the development of MARS (Moncloud Autoscaling and Remediation Service) — a custom cloud-based autoscaling platform that delivers Kubernetes cluster-level scaling for Salesforce applications. MARS utilizes both system and application metrics to ensure consistent, resilient, and efficient resource management.
Successfully designed and delivered major features such as Easy Autoscaling and Custom Autoscaling, enhancing usability and flexibility in dynamic scaling scenarios

Kubernetescloud computinganomaly detectionresource management

Amazon

2 roles

Software Development Engineer

Dec 2018 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Contributed to the development of the World Wide Capacity Planning (WWCP) product, a high-scale solution ensuring Amazon's customer support meets its promise of answering customer calls within a minute. The system forecasts contact volumes and optimizes the scheduling and distribution of customer service agents across global sites. It generates cost-efficient plans while maintaining service level agreements (SLAs), supporting Amazon's commitment to exceptional customer service.

capacity planningscheduling optimizationservice level agreements

Software Development Engineer

Oct 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Worked on the FireOS framework for Amazon FireTV, contributing to a seamless and world-class smart TV experience. FireOS, built on top of stock Android, powers a wide range of Amazon devices — from tablets to smart home products — and supports numerous Android apps and channels.
Additionally, I was part of a pioneering project to develop a custom OS for Kindle devices — built on FireOS — enabling support for third-party Android reader apps. This initiative, designed for the China market, integrated both the Amazon Kindle reader (English) and Migu (China Mobile’s Chinese reader), expanding Kindle's capabilities beyond its traditional Linux-based OS

FireOSAndroidsmart device ecosystems

Citi

Assistant Manager

Oct 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr · Pune Area, India

Worked as part of the Market Risk Technology team at Citi, handling daily trade data from front offices (trading desks). The trade information underwent multiple processes and calculations to assess the risk associated with each transaction, enabling risk managers to take appropriate actions to minimize risk.
Contributed to the Feed Re-engineering project, which processes and enriches daily trade data, ensuring it is restructured for downstream systems to perform further risk calculations. The project also mapped trades to standard market products and calculated Standard Specific Market Risk (SSMR), supporting accurate risk assessments

market risk technologytrade data processing

Amdocs

Software Developer

Apr 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune Area, India

Worked on Amdocs' Order Management System (OMS), an end-to-end solution for the telecommunications industry. Involved in business requirement analysis, low-level design (LLD) documentation, and implementation. Contributed to reporting queries for customer reports used in business analysis. Followed Scrum practices within the Agile development framework

Order Management Systembusiness requirement analysisAgile methodologies

Wipro technologies

Software Engineer

Jun 2011 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Experienced in implementing functionalities in the Healthcare Insurance domain, with a strong grasp of domain concepts and terminologies. Proficient in Agile (Scrum) methodologies, low-level design documentation, deployments, and translating business requirements into efficient code and debugging solutions.

Healthcare InsuranceAgile methodologies