Manikandan Shanmugam
Engineering Manager at Eightfold
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolManikandan Shanmugam is an engineering manager with eight years of experience building data-driven backend systems and leading cross-functional teams across Europe, MENA, APAC and Latin America. He brings deep hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, databases, data pipelines and software design, and has scaled image and video advertising platforms serving 70 countries. Previously he led product-critical initiatives—such as event-sourced audit trails, Gmail/Outlook push-based email sync handling half a million daily events, and major API/SQL optimizations that cut query latency by 40%. Comfortable both as a tech lead and manager, he blends architectural rigor with operational ownership and has shipped performance improvements in high-throughput fintech and ad tech systems. Interested in AI/LLMs, image generation and cybersecurity, he pairs production engineering instincts with curiosity about applied ML and secure systems. Based in Bengaluru, he excels at turning complex requirements into auditable, scalable solutions across global teams.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer science and engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer science and engineering at ANNA UNIVERSITY - IndiaProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mrprohack/mrpro_lfi
Jan 2018 - Jun 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
mrprohack/Aboutme
Feb 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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