Kiran Kulkarni is a founder and seasoned distributed systems and Big Data leader with 14 years of experience building data platforms that serve at scale. He led Helpshift’s Data & AI transformation, shipping production intent-detection models and modernizing a platform to support 10x growth while scaling teams and coaching new managers. Hands-on across Linux, Clojure, Kafka, Hadoop/Spark, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and analytics tools like Power BI and Looker, he blends architecture decision-making with product-focused delivery. Previously he helped scale consumer platforms from thousands to millions of users as a technical advisor, and earlier held engineering roles at Cisco and Motorola. Based in Pune, he combines deep backend engineering chops with practical people leadership, routinely turning complex operational challenges into resilient, observable systems. A polyglot programmer who prefers solving hard distributed problems, he’s equally comfortable in code, architecture diagrams, and mentoring teams to own long-term visions.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BE Computer, BE Computer at Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology
BE Computers, BE Computers at Savitribai Phule Pune University
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