Engineering leader with 17+ years of experience building distributed systems and
scalable platforms
Engineering leader with 17+ years of experience building distributed systems and scalable platforms,
with a core focus on API-first design, developer productivity, and operational excellence. Known for
AI integration, AI assisted product development, leading global teams, driving measurable impact,
and bridging deep technical acumen with business strategy.
Trusted partner in cross-functional initiatives, with strengths in mentorship, SRE practices, and
customer-first outcomes. Recognized for combining clarity in communication with data-driven
innovation to accelerate results.
Professional Experience & Skills
Workday Inc. (Jun 2016 - Present)
Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering
Lead multi-team delivery of document generation services for Workday, leveraging
microservices architecture on Kubernetes (AWS/GCP) with support for high-scale outputs like
paychecks, invoices, and offer letters
Incorporated AI tools like Windsurf, GitHub Copilot and Cursor into workflows to optimize
delivery
Led AI adoption and integration of AI agent coding tools in teams, rewriting testing,
logging & fragile code
Manage high-performing teams with ownership of SLOs, distributed tracing, and end-to-end
observability practices
Partner with Adobe and DocuSign for e-sign integrations and represent engineering in
external technical forums
Created and led an API & Metrics Guild across global engineering teams to improve API
governance and performance tracking
Regularly lead high-priority customer incident responses, postmortems, and process
improvements (Correction of Error)
Serve as people manager for 10 senior ICs and dotted-line manager for 8 others across global
teams
Manager, Software Development Engineering
Played a dual role as technical lead and people manager for the Content Platform team
powering Workday Docs
Managed a team of 6 engineers across 2 time zones, delivering scalable and secure content
platform features
Modernized the CI/CD pipeline, streamlined developer experience, and implemented
service-level monitoring
Drove multiple high-severity issue resolutions and led cross-functional collaboration with
Security and Customer Support
Led technical design reviews, implementation of feature flags, usage instrumentation, and
system scaling efforts
Fostered a growth culture through coaching, regular 1:1s, and career development planning
for team members
Principal Software Development Engineer
Led API Platform and Integrations strategy for the Productivity Suite using Java, REST, and
Workday Extend
Spearheaded rollout of "Docs for Layouts" modernizing legacy document tools
Mentored engineers and guided secure, performant solution design
Senior Software Development Engineer
Led development of REST APIs integrating Adaptive Planning and enabling REST-backed
spreadsheet UI frameworks
Delivered GA components for Docs, Slides, Drive, and Notifications
Software Application Engineer
Developed backend systems for the first version of Workday Planning leveraging real-time
enterprise data
Key contributor in rearchitecting Workday's REST API framework to support high-scale
integrations
Recognized with peer award for impact in Workday 29 release
PowerSchool Group LLC (formerly NCS Pearson Inc.) – Folsom, CA (Jul 2011 – Jun 2016)
Application Engineer
Led development of compliance reporting features for global SIS platform (100M+ users)
Mentored developers, drove architecture discussions, and participated in customer feedback
loops
California State University, Sacramento, CA (May 2009 – May 2011)
Web Designer
Redesigned the College of Engineering website with accessible and standards-compliant design
Infosys Technologies Ltd., India (Aug 2006 – Dec 2008)
Software Engineer
Developed enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 clients using Java and C# within the Systems
Integration division
Founding developer for IBM WebSphere CoE, driving reusable component design and integration
accelerators
Coordinated offshore delivery and client demos with international teams across Europe and
North America
Education & Recognition
Academic Background
Master of Science in Computer Science - California State University, Sacramento,
CA
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering - Anna University,
Tamil Nadu, India