Sample profilesEngineering leadershipIndia and global

Engineering leaders matched to the organisation they need to run

Data platforms, mobility systems, infrastructure and product engineering create different leadership demands. These examples distinguish technical scope, organisational experience and the type of business in which that experience was gained.

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India
1
USA and Canada
1
Europe and UK
1
Australia
Experience areas
Data platforms · Mobility · Product engineering · Infrastructure · Distributed teams
Regional coverage
3 India · 1 USA and Canada · 1 Europe and UK · 1 Australia

Illustrative profiles based on publicly documented professional work. Inclusion does not indicate availability or representation by Talhive.

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Profile EL-01 Engineering director, data platforms India

Named leader in published streaming and data platform transformation case studies

18yrs
Experience
Companies
Endpoint security, classifieds, own startupnow a social commerce marketplace
Current work
Engineering director, data platform and security
Location
India
Selected work

A large Indian ecommerce marketplace with substantial operational and analytical data needs. His documented scope includes data platform engineering.

  • A streaming infrastructure provider's customer story names him as an engineering director at the marketplace.
  • The case describes the operational requirements of the marketplace's streaming infrastructure, connecting his leadership role to a specific platform environment.
  • A separate data platform migration case provides further context on the company's data engineering transformation.
1M
requests a second at festive peak on the platform
~55
engineers in the organisation, grown from 8
30%
lower total cost after a zero downtime migration
Education
NIT AllahabadBTech, Electronics and Communication
Career path
A social commerce marketplace · Director of Engineering
2020 to present
Own startup · Co-founder and CTO
2017 to 2020
A classifieds marketplace · Lead Software Engineer
2015 to 2017
An endpoint security software company · Software engineer to senior engineer
2008 to 2015
Career context

Public speaker material describes more than 15 years of experience across semiconductor technology, online classifieds and ecommerce.

Relevant hiring mandate

An ecommerce or consumer technology company modernising its data platform while supporting operating teams and analytics.

Profile EL-02 Senior engineering leader, mobility platforms India

Platform leadership at a global ride hailing business, following large technology organisations

26yrs
Experience
Companies
A global software company (7 yrs)a global marketplace (13 yrs), now a mobility platform
Current work
Senior director, mobility and platform engineering
Location
India
Selected work

A global ride hailing and mobility platform with an engineering presence in India. His public professional record identifies mobility platform leadership in Bengaluru.

  • His professional profile identifies responsibility in mobility platforms, connecting the role to the systems behind a global consumer service.
  • The career record spans multiple large technology environments, providing evidence of organisational breadth beyond one employer.
13 yrs
at a global marketplace, joined as its fourteenth employee in India
12+
patents secured
2,000+
technical interviews conducted
Education
College of Engineering GuindyBE, Computer Science Engineering
Career path
A global mobility platform · Senior Director, Mobility and Platforms
2020 to present
A global marketplace · Digital content, devices, voice and app store leadership
2007 to 2020
A global software company · Engineer, then people manager, India R&D
2000 to 2007
Career context

Earlier experience includes a global ecommerce and cloud company and an enterprise software company. His professional biography describes a sustained career in software engineering leadership.

Relevant hiring mandate

A mobility or marketplace organisation hiring a senior leader for a substantial platform engineering function.

Profile EL-03 CTO and open source engineering leader India

A public technical record spanning an application framework, performance and security

10yrs
Experience
Companies
Five years in mechanical engineeringthen one open source business software company
Current work
Chief technology officer
Location
India
Selected work

An open source business software company building an application framework and enterprise applications. Its public development model makes technical decisions and contributions inspectable.

  • His technical writing covers application framework performance, including database access and caching.
  • The open source context provides a direct record of framework maintenance and engineering decisions rather than relying solely on a leadership title.
  • His public work also addresses security and release development, relevant to a company maintaining software used by other businesses.
4,782
commits across the two flagship open source repositories
39K
GitHub stars on the ERP product he works on
5 yrs
in software, after five in mechanical engineering
Education
Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal PolytechnicDiploma, Mechanical Engineering
University of LondonBSc, completed online
Georgia Institute of TechnologyMSc, Computer Science, in progress
Career path
The same company · Chief Technology Officer
2025 to present
An open source business software company · Engineer, ERP and framework
2021 to 2025
Mechanical engineering roles · Engineer
2016 to 2021
Career context

His own biography describes a move from mechanical engineering to software in 2021. The employer biography identifies him as CTO.

Relevant hiring mandate

An open source or developer focused software company seeking a technically involved engineering leader.

Profile EL-04 Engineering leader, network and infrastructure USA

Infrastructure leadership across streaming, cloud and edge computing businesses

19yrs
Experience
Companies
Networking hardware, cloud hostingbare metal cloud, colocation, now a streaming platform
Current work
Director, network and infrastructure engineering
Location
USA
Selected work

Engineering leadership experience at a global video streaming platform, a cloud provider and an edge infrastructure business. She subsequently announced joining a global professional networking platform as director of engineering.

  • The career record connects leadership roles across cloud services, edge infrastructure and a large consumer platform.
  • Her public interview discusses building teams and leadership responsibilities in an infrastructure engineering environment.
3 to 70
engineers in teams she has built and scaled globally
25
engineers in the cloud platform org she directed
1
industry foundation board seat, on extended Berkeley packet filter
Education
University of Southern CaliforniaMS, Electrical Engineering
University of MumbaiBS, Electronics Engineering, minor in science journalism
Career path
A global streaming platform · Director, network and infrastructure
2023 to present
A colocation and interconnection company · Senior Director of Engineering
2020 to 2023
A bare metal cloud company · VP, Central Engineering
2020
A cloud hosting company · Director of Engineering
2016 to 2020
A networking hardware company · Intern to engineering manager, software defined networking
about 2007 to 2016
Career context

A firsthand leadership interview documents her earlier engineering leadership at a cloud infrastructure provider and describes her management approach.

Relevant hiring mandate

A company hiring an infrastructure leader across network services, cloud platforms and engineering teams.

Profile EL-05 CTO with platform and engineering management experience UK

Engineering leadership across ecommerce infrastructure and veterinary software

15yrs
Experience
Companies
A social listening company for a decadea commerce platform, now veterinary software
Current work
Chief technology officer, veterinary software
Location
UK
Selected work

A vertical software company serving veterinary businesses, following leadership experience at a global commerce platform and a social intelligence software company.

  • A public account of his first week in the CTO role describes hiring for AI engineering and reliability work.
  • His career writing connects earlier engineering leadership with the transition to company level technology responsibility.
  • His published books and management writing provide an inspectable view of how he approaches managers, distributed work and engineering organisations.
3
books published on engineering management and remote work
$450M
sale price of the company where he ran engineering
10 yrs
at that company, engineer to senior vice president
Education
University of SussexPhD, Computer Science
University of SussexBSc, Computer Science
Career path
A veterinary software company · Chief Technology Officer
2025 to present
A commerce platform · Director of Engineering
2021 to 2025
A social listening company · Software engineer to SVP Engineering, through three funding rounds and an acquisition
about 2011 to 2021
Career context

His professional site and public career posts identify the move into a CTO role in 2025. He also writes extensively on engineering management and remote work.

Relevant hiring mandate

A software company building a management layer while expanding platform reliability and AI product capability.

Profile EL-06 Senior engineering director Australia

Engineering leadership at a global visual design platform, with a startup founder background

20+ yrs
Experience
Companies
A global search company, a social platformown startup, now a design platform
Current work
Senior engineering director, teams and education
Location
Australia
Selected work

A global visual communication and design platform. His Australian professional profile identifies senior engineering leadership spanning ecosystem, teams and education responsibilities.

  • His professional profile identifies product group responsibilities rather than an undifferentiated company wide engineering title.
  • A published technology leadership interview focuses on scaling teams, technology and AI at the design platform.
  • His founder background adds experience with building a smaller business before working inside a much larger product organisation.
220
engineers in the organisation he manages
30 to 110
engineers in a team he scaled globally
1
engineering office cofounded for a social platform in New York
Education
University of New South WalesBSc Honours, Computer Science; University Medal
Career path
A design platform · Head of Engineering, then Senior Engineering Director
about 2018 to present
Own B2B software startup · Cofounder and VP Technology
2016 to 2018
A social platform · Senior Manager, Engineering; established the New York office
2012 to 2016
A global search company · Software engineer, first engineering hire in Australia
about 2005 to 2012
Career context

His public timeline records engineering leadership at the design platform from 2018, following a startup founder role.

Relevant hiring mandate

A product company developing leaders across several engineering groups while retaining a practical connection to product delivery.

Compare the experience

Six examples, side by side.

Each row links to the full example. Regions follow the coverage split described above.

ProfileRegionResponsibility
EL-01Engineering director, data platformsIndiaEngineering director, data platforms
EL-02Senior engineering leader, mobility platformsIndiaSenior engineering leader, mobility platforms
EL-03CTO and open source engineering leaderIndiaCTO and open source engineering leader
EL-04Engineering leader, network and infrastructureUSAEngineering leader, network and infrastructure
EL-05CTO with platform and engineering management experienceUKCTO with platform and engineering management experience
EL-06Senior engineering directorAustraliaSenior engineering director
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