Summary
Gopinath Rangappa is a seasoned engineering leader with 14+ years building and scaling cloud-native platforms, currently serving as Director of Engineering in the San Ramon area. He combines hands-on expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and data platforms (Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Databricks, Terraform, AWS) with a track record of taking products and platforms from zero to one. At Chegg he led cross-functional initiatives spanning personalization, clickstream data, and developer productivity, driving cost reductions and faster delivery through reusable components and inner-source practices. He excels at cultivating autonomous, high-performing teams by providing strategic context and technical mentorship that emphasizes developer experience and operational efficiency. Notably, he has repeatedly translated complex data and search requirements into resilient production systems while maintaining a focus on developer self-service. His deep practical experience ranges from modern cloud stacks to older systems (C/C++, Qt, Solaris), giving him an uncommon perspective on long-lived system evolution.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. CS, B.E. CS at Sir MVIT
Bengaluru University