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Vishal Wankhede

@vishalwankhede

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Engineering leader driving AI-first products, rapid MVPs, and cloud migrations to deliver measurable business outcomes.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek leadership roles driving AI-first product and platform development in fast-paced, collaborative startups or growth-stage companies where I can scale teams, mentor engineers, and deliver measurable business impact.

I am a results-driven engineering leader with 13+ years of experience, including over a decade in fast-growing startups, scaling teams and delivering AI/ML-enabled products. I have led cross-functional groups of engineers, designers, and QA to launch rapid MVPs, build enterprise GenAI platforms, and migrate critical systems across AWS and Azure while cutting infrastructure costs dramatically.

My accomplishments include architecting agentic AI solutions, integrating GPT APIs and recommendation systems to boost engagement, and optimizing infrastructure and data pipelines for performance and cost savings. I mentor and scale teams, foster cross-functional collaboration, and focus on creating client-facing solutions that produce measurable business outcomes.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Engineering Director

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Karini AI

Jun 2025 - Present (3 months)

Leading delivery of an Enterprise GenAI foundation platform with no-code agentic AI, multi-agent orchestration, model hub and observability; scaled teams 50% and delivered client-facing agent workflows for legal and hardware customers.

Generative AI Python JavaScript Team Leadership Product delivery

Senior Engineering Director

StartupWind Inc.

Jan 2022 - May 2025 (3 years 4 months)

Led 10+ engineers and designers to build scalable Azure-based solutions, launched MVPs within 3 months, implemented GPT API integrations and recommendation systems, and reduced infrastructure costs by ~50%.

Azure Functions GPT Recommendation Systems Team Leadership

Senior Engineering Manager

StartupWind Inc.

Oct 2016 - Jan 2022 (5 years 3 months)

Managed cross-functional development to improve application performance by 30%, implemented payment systems increasing recurring payment success by 50%, and led integrations with calendar and social APIs.

Performance Optimization Payment Integration API Integration MongoDB React Team Management Agile

Front End Full Stack Developer

StartupWind Inc.

Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 (7 months)

Developed and enhanced UI components and web app functionality, collaborating with junior developers to improve user experience and adapt to agile processes.

React JavaScript UI Development TypeScript Agile Mentoring

Associate Software Engineer

Synechron

Jan 2012 - Oct 2015 (3 years 9 months)

Contributed to responsive UI development for healthcare clients, led small team deployments including iPad apps via PhoneGap, and authored SOPs for JavaScript/HTML/CSS projects to ensure consistency.