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Aadarsh Pandey

Aadarsh Pandey

Pune

Summary

Engineering Manager & AI Platform Leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams and delivering enterprise-grade AI/ML platforms on Azure, AWS, and modern MLOps/DevOps ecosystems. Proven track record in translating business goals into robust technical solutions, driving end-to-end product development, and leading large-scale digital transformations. Successfully managed a $2.5M portfolio and led 50+ engineers to deliver a GenAI platform serving 30,000+ users, generating $10M+ in operational savings. Recognized for engineering process optimization, stakeholder management, and driving enterprise-wide AI adoption that improves efficiency, compliance, and business growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Engineering Manager

EY
Pune
10.2024 - Current
  • Led engineering strategy and delivery for enterprise-scale AI platforms, encompassing customer-facing GenAI applications, and agentic AI solutions.
  • Architected and deployed a GenAI powered agentic platform for a global payroll service provider, rolled out to 30K+ users across 25+ countries, secured business to scale to 50K+ users and deliver $20M+ in operational savings.
  • Engineering lead for a multi-year AI-enabled service management transformation, supporting 3M+ annual service requests through LLM-driven assistance, AI coaching modules, and automated service quality scoring.
  • Drove design, evaluation and implementation strategy of agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI), leading to enterprise wide adoption
  • Led end-to-end platform development, including scalable MLOps pipelines, CI/CD automation, observability tooling, and secure deployment on Azure and AWS cloud infrastructures.
  • Collaborated with enterprise architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure AI platform compliance with privacy, security, and scalability standards across business units.
  • AI strategy and implementation lead for EY Business Consulting, shaping AI solution architecture and execution for multiple global capability center (GCC) clients across India, the UK, and globally.
  • Managed a USD 2M book of business for an EY partner, managing a multi-year digital transformation engagement.
  • Grew the business revenue from $200,000 to $2,000,000 and scaled and managed a cross-functional technical and product management team of over 50 members.

Digital Technology Manager

EY
Pune
10.2022 - 09.2024
  • Defined and implemented a roadmap for the AI-powered payroll implementation platform for a global payroll transformation initiative; secured over $ 0.5M in the engineering budget.
  • Setup architecture and engineering for scalable GenAI components including RAG pipelines, tool calling APIs, and Azure OpenAI/LLM integrations.
  • Built modular, serverless AI infrastructure using AWS Lambda, S3, SAM CLI, IAM, SQS, and Opensearch.
  • Collaborated with EY leadership to present POCs using GenAI, business impact, and secured over 2 million USD in business for a multi-year engagement.
  • Directed a team of 12+ data engineers, data scientists, DevOps, and QA leads in agile product delivery; securing budget for
  • Established robust MLOps processes and testing frameworks for model monitoring, feedback loops, and enterprise compliance.
  • Delivered a low-code/no-code platform (MyDataCapture) for enterprise data ingestion, validation, and transformation using AWS Textract & Azure Form Recognizer.

Digital Technology Lead

EY
Pune
07.2017 - 09.2022
  • Built and scaled automation and NLP solution as part of a central AI Engineering CoE, supporting 20+ global business units.
  • Delivered ML solutions including ticket triage, classification, and NLP-based summarisation that saved 20+ FTEs and improved SLA compliance.
  • Designed an advanced chat log analytics platform using topic modelling and clustering to identify chatbot integration opportunities.
  • Integrated RPA and workflow automation with AI models using custom middleware to enable hyper-automation use cases.
  • Mentored over 10 engineers and scaled automation efforts across more than 70 finance processes (R2R, APA, OTC).

Software Engineer

TCS
Pune
06.2015 - 05.2017
  • Identified and mitigated project risks to ensure smooth execution.
  • Authored design docs, test plans, and solution specifications.
  • Built automations with 5+FTE savings using blueprism automation tool
  • Built out of the box automation utility based on python for L1 support team to minimize the manual efforts required for daily reporting.
  • Conducted thorough component and end-to-end testing.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication

Medicaps Institute Of Science and Technology
Indore
05.2015

Skills

  • AI Engineering & Architecture Generative AI Machine Learning MLOps
  • Cloud & Platforms: AWS, Azure AI & Data Platforms System & Solution Architecture
  • AI Product Leadership: Strategy Product Development Digital Transformation Innovation Management
  • Governance & Risk: Responsible AI GDPR & Enterprise Compliance Security & Privacy Reviews
  • Leadership & Collaboration: Cross-functional Stakeholder Management Team Leadership Mentoring & Coaching Agile/Change Management
  • Business Acumen: Strategic Planning Budget & Resource Management Contract Negotiation Proposal Creation

Timeline

Senior Engineering Manager

EY
10.2024 - Current

Digital Technology Manager

EY
10.2022 - 09.2024

Digital Technology Lead

EY
07.2017 - 09.2022

Software Engineer

TCS
06.2015 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication

Medicaps Institute Of Science and Technology
Aadarsh Pandey