Shashank R is an engineering leader with 12+ years building and scaling high-impact platforms used by billions, currently transforming the GCP console with AI-powered experiences at Google. He has led cross-functional teams across time zones—managing LLM/GenAI infrastructure, query engines and core platforms at People.ai and shipping NFC contactless payments to 2 billion Android devices at Google. Past roles include driving major revenue-generating ad products at Facebook and architecting high-throughput RTB systems at Adobe, demonstrating a blend of deep systems engineering and product-first leadership. He consistently grows teams and accelerates promotions while setting OKRs and processes that enable reliable delivery at scale. A detail that often goes unnoticed: he has repeatedly spearheaded novel sandboxing and security designs to enable new platform integrations, not just feature delivery.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Sc. M., Computer Science, Sc. M., Computer Science at Brown University
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 1 month
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