# Nilesh Kumar Nilesh Kumar is a remote worker on Himalayas, Founder & CPTO at Zenith, based in United Arab Emirates. Source: https://himalayas.app/@nileshkumar5 ```text I build AI platforms, scale global engineering teams, and grow revenue through intelligent systems. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | United Arab Emirates | | Authorized to work in | United Arab Emirates | | Salary expectations | 160k+ USD | | Job categories | Chief Product And Technology Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer, Founder, Engineering Manager, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, Head of Software Development, Head of Technology, Director of Engineering, Director of Software Engineering | | Skills | AI, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, AI Agents, Multi Agent Systems, Agent orchestration, Recommendation Systems, Demand Forecasting, Natural Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, Embeddings, RAG, Model Context Protocol, AI Assisted Coding, Claude Code, GLM Coding Plan 5.2, ZeroCode, Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, NodeJS, Spring Boot, React, React Native, AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, Terraform, Ansible, Microservices, Event Driven Architecture, Distributed Systems, System Design, API Design, Database Design, Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Architecture, Agile, Scrum, Engineering Processes, Team Building, Cross Cultural Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Product Technology Alignment, P L Ownership | | Website | https://nilukush.github.io | | Portfolio | https://github.com/nilukush | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/nileshkr | | GitHub | https://github.com/nilukush | ## What I'm looking for ```text I'm looking to build and scale AI-powered platforms, lead global engineering organizations, and turn AI/ML systems into measurable revenue, margin, and customer-conversion outcomes. ``` ## About ```text I founded Zenith, building an AI-powered enterprise communications platform from concept to MVP with autonomous agents for task extraction, cross-platform search, and NLP-based summarization. As CPTO at Raena, I led 50+ engineers across four countries and delivered an ML recommendation engine generating $8,000 in monthly incremental revenue. I also built a pricing and cost optimization engine that expanded margins from 3% to 10%. Across Sayurbox, Umma, Snapdeal, Paytm, and PayPal, I’ve built demand forecasting, warehouse, checkout, payments, and recommendation systems while scaling technology organizations and high-availability platforms. ``` ## Experience ### Founder & CPTO Zenith. Dec 2024 - Feb 2026 ```text Founded and led the development of an AI-powered communication platform, building an MVP with AI agents for task extraction, search, and NLP-based summarization. ``` Skills: Agentic-AI, NLP, AI-Agents, Multi-Agent-Systems, Product-Vision, Technical-Architecture, MVP-Development ### Chief Product & Technology Officer Raena. Dec 2021 - Aug 2024 ```text Led 50+ engineers across four countries, building ML recommendation systems, a gross margin engine, and a multi-city warehouse management system. Scaled engineering from 12 to 50+ and implemented demand forecasting. ``` Skills: Recommendation-Systems, Pricing-Optimization, Warehouse-Management, Demand-Forecasting, Team-Scaling, Agile, Engineering-Leadership ### Chief Technology Officer Umma. Jan 2021 - Nov 2021 ```text Built a social feed recommendation system, scaled engineering from 2 to 20+, and architected a podcast feature from concept to launch in 20 days. Led infrastructure planning for 3M+ users with 99.9% availability. ``` Skills: Recommendation-Systems, Team-Scaling, Podcast-Architecture, Infrastructure-Planning, High-Availability ### Chief Product and Technology Officer Sayurbox. Aug 2019 - Dec 2020 ```text Developed ML-based demand forecasting, architected a multi-city warehouse management system, and scaled the engineering team to 30+ across product, engineering, and QA. ``` Skills: Demand-Forecasting, Warehouse-Management, System-Architecture, Team-Leadership, Scalability ### Senior Engineering Manager [Paytm](https://himalayas.app/companies/paytm). May 2019 - Aug 2019 ```text Managed a cross-functional team of 7 engineers, driving system reliability and performance optimization for payment gateway services. Implemented monitoring and alerting systems. ``` Skills: Team-Management, System-Reliability, Performance-Optimization, Monitoring, Alerting ### Senior Engineering Manager Snapdeal. May 2015 - Apr 2019 ```text Led checkout platform revamp improving mobile conversion by 69% and app conversion by 21%. Managed mobile site, website, cart, and order management, and led a team of 12+ engineers. ``` Skills: Checkout-Optimization, Conversion-Rate-Improvement, Platform-Architecture, Team-Management, Ecommerce ### Software Engineer 2 [PayPal](https://himalayas.app/companies/paypal). Jan 2012 - Dec 2015 ```text Worked on risk and verification systems for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, protecting millions of consumer transactions. ``` Skills: Risk-Management-Systems, Digital-Verification-Systems, Fraud-Detection ### Senior Software Engineer [PayPal](https://himalayas.app/companies/paypal). Jan 2009 - Dec 2012 ```text Developed trading infrastructure and market data systems for FX platforms. ``` Skills: Trading-Infrastructure, Market-Data-Systems, Forex-Platforms ## Education ### VIT University B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering ```text Completed Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. ``` ## Tech stack - React Native - MySQL - PostgreSQL - Node.js - Spring Boot - Redis - Terraform - React - JavaScript - Python - Java - Kafka - RabbitMQ - Elasticsearch - Ansible - TypeScript - Claude Code - Golang To contact Nilesh, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Raja Bose](https://himalayas.app/@rajabose): Engineering Manager, Zepto - [Zayne Nair](https://himalayas.app/@zaynenair): Head of Technology & AI, ROQ CX - [Chijindu Orji](https://himalayas.app/@ceejaeorji): Fractional CTO, OXygean - [Aditya Narayan](https://himalayas.app/@adityanarayan29): Senior Software Engineer, Azaya LLC - [Pavan Raheja](https://himalayas.app/@pavanraheja): AI Product Manager & Builder, Independent - [Vevek Pandian](https://himalayas.app/@vevekpandian1): Head of Engineering, Pexaworks - [Sharhabeel Hamdan](https://himalayas.app/@sharhabeelhamdan): Head of AI Engineering, Aravon Innovation - [Sachin Mour](https://himalayas.app/@sachinmour): Chief Technology Officer, Hexis - [Muhammad Ijlal](https://himalayas.app/@muhammadijlal1): Engineering Manager | Backend & AI, Trivto - [Himanshu B Barik](https://himalayas.app/@himanshubbarik): Product Manager, Solutions Metrix