Summary
Vikas Arora is a seasoned engineering leader with nearly two decades at Google, specializing in architecting AI-powered, trust-first platforms that balance integrity and business growth. He builds 0→1 systems—ranging from global NLU for Google Assistant to enterprise RAG for Google Cloud—and currently leads the re-foundation of Google Shopping’s trust architecture for agentic commerce. Vikas pairs deep technical rigor in ML, data veracity, and large-scale infrastructure with product-minded strategies that reduce friction and create new revenue opportunities. Notably, he pioneered a multi-signal Merchant Trust Profile and centralized trust layer to defend against high-speed AI threats while enabling verifiable agent identities. Based in Mountain View and grounded in an IIT‑Delhi MS in Computer Technology, he excels at turning high-risk, high-scale problems into operationally robust platforms.
14 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
AISSCE (12th) Phys Chem Maths, AISSCE (12th) Phys Chem Maths at Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi
BE (DCE) Electronics & Communication, BE (DCE) Electronics & Communication at Delhi College of Engineering