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View ProjectEngineering Leader · Product Systems · AI
Hey, I'm
Kalyan.
I build and lead engineering teams at the intersection of consumer product, platform architecture, and AI, most recently at Meta, and across Amazon, Walmart, and others before that.
View My WorkMy Approach
Product-First
Engineering should serve the customer experience above all else. I embed product judgment into every layer, from architecture decisions to team operating cadence.
Systems Thinking
Building platforms that scale requires holding infrastructure, product surface, and people systems in view simultaneously. One layer's debt cascades into all the others.
Iterative & Open
The best engineering organizations build feedback loops into how they work, continuously closing the gap between intent and impact, leaving no detail unexamined.
16+ Years Building
In consumer tech, AI,
and platform engineering
Engineering Leader
At Meta, Amazon, Walmart,
TIBCO, and UBS
Team Builder
Growing diverse,
high-performing engineering orgs
Work
Consumer & Platform
at Meta
Led teams across creator tools, messaging, trust and safety, identity, and privacy, building systems for billions of users at scale.
Let's TalkCommerce & Cloud at
Amazon & Walmart
Commerce systems, cloud infrastructure, financial platforms, and global distributed systems at two of the world's largest technology companies.
Let's TalkIn the Press & In Writing
"On bringing product intuition, technical judgment, and customer empathy into engineering leadership."
Kalyan Sripathi, LinkedIn Pulse
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"AI, privacy, direct messaging, and why private sharing keeps reshaping consumer platforms."
Kalyan Sripathi, AllTech Magazine
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"A practical developer-oriented guide to AI/ML fundamentals, tooling, and LLM-powered applications."
Kalyan Sripathi, Medium
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"Operating rhythms, psychological safety, mentorship, and alignment across distributed engineering teams."
Kalyan Sripathi, TechBullion
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Let's Talk.
Open to conversations about engineering leadership, product strategy, AI, and the future of consumer technology.
Get in TouchGood reasons to reach out
Engineering Leadership
Director, VP, or Senior Manager roles where engineering and product are deeply intertwined. I'm most effective when I'm close to the customer problem.
Consumer Products & Platforms
Messaging, commerce, creator tools, fintech, social — things people use every day. Platform and infrastructure work that underpins product at scale.
Zero-to-One Building
Early-stage products that need both technical rigor and product instinct to find their footing. I've done this at company scale and independently.
Consultation & Advisory
Working with founders and growth-stage teams on engineering org design, platform architecture, or product strategy. Selective and focused.