Vijay Sailappan
Software Engineering Manager at Startups
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVijay Sailappan is a seasoned software engineering manager with 11+ years building and scaling products across Google, Uber, Yahoo, Garmin and research labs, now leading teams at Google from the Bay Area. He has a strong track record shipping high-impact systems—from rider trip flows that powered 22M+ Uber trips/day and 10x trip growth, to core notification frameworks that landed in AOSP—while improving developer productivity and data quality. Vijay has built and led distributed teams across the US, Canada and India, delivering product, infrastructure and partnership-driven growth including multiple strategic M&A integrations. Equally comfortable in big tech and startup settings, he also invests in and advises early-stage companies, bringing operator experience to founders. His blend of hands-on engineering, cross-border team building, and product-focused infrastructure work makes him effective at turning complex technical requirements into measurable customer outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Anna University, ChennaiMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Florida
Github Skills (15)
android9
ios8
react8
react-native8
java7
cross-platform7
unit-testing7
kotlin6
mobile6
testing5
espresso5
unit-testing-framework3
mobile-development2
robolectric2
app-framework2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vjscode/QikPic
May 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:102 commits, 97 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
vjscode/NewsReader
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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