Summary
Narayanan V is an engineering leader with 14+ years building large-scale commerce and billing systems, currently managing the subscription and usage billing platform at LinkedIn that powers $16B+ in revenue. He blends hands-on Java and JavaScript engineering with cross-team architecture and product leadership, shipping features from carts and catalogs to enterprise invoicing and a GenAI virtual assistant for the LinkedIn Admin Center. His teams span backend and frontend disciplines and have delivered high-QPS pricing, tax, renewals and ledger services used by millions monthly. Previously he led commerce and checkout platforms at AppDirect and built scalable app and dev tooling at Deutsche Bank, giving him deep experience across SaaS monetization, payments, and distributed systems. A Columbia CS graduate and lifelong learner with interests in AI/NLP and self-driving tech, he combines technical breadth with a track record of operationalizing complex, multi-team programs.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York
English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam