Summary
Narendra Gurusiddappa is a Senior Staff Engineering Manager based in Bengaluru with over a decade of experience building reliable, scalable backend and data-driven systems for ad tech and enterprise products. He has led cross-functional, autonomous teams to deliver an Ad Exchange Engine and supply-side ad solutions, blending hands-on coding with architecture, ML/AI integrations, and data engineering. Known for creating self-sustaining agile teams, he partners closely with product, support, BI, and executive stakeholders to translate complex requirements into measurable customer value. His background spans mobile, cloud, security, and SDK work at companies from Samsung to Khoros, giving him deep systems and protocol knowledge that informs pragmatic design choices. Narendra emphasizes mentorship, transparency, and empathy to elevate team performance while personally tackling legacy debt and operational excellence. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who balances strategic vision with day-to-day execution to ship impactful, high-performance systems.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BE Electronics and Communication, BE Electronics and Communication at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Kannada, English