Sreejith Surendran Nair Seethamma
Trivandrum
Summary
Engineering leader with over 14 years of experience in developing and scaling impactful data platforms. Proven ability to lead teams that achieve significant business results through advanced data infrastructure, drastically reducing data latency and enhancing data-driven decision-making capabilities. Committed to creating inclusive, high-performing teams with attrition rates consistently below 5% while promoting engineering excellence through mentorship and technical guidance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Data Engineering Manager
IBS Software
Trivandrum
07.2025 - Current
- Leading data engineering organization of 10+ engineers delivering enterprise-wide data platform modernization.
- Performance Optimization: Architected solutions reducing data pipeline latency by multifold times, moving from hours to near real-time processing, directly impacting business agility.
- Strategic Influence: Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions at senior leadership level, successfully advocating for investments in modern data lake technologies (Iceberg, Spark, Airflow).
- AI/ML Enablement: Authored and presented multiple AI/ML proposals to C-suite, leading to adoption of ML-powered analytics and predictive modeling capabilities.
- Organizational Growth: Own full hiring lifecycle, building team capabilities through strategic recruitment while maintaining exceptional retention (
- Innovation Leadership: Launch mini-initiatives and POCs evaluating emerging technologies, establishing IBS as early adopter of lakehouse architecture.
- Technical Leadership: Design and implement scalable data lake architecture on AWS (S3, EMR, Glue) processing TB-scale data daily.
- Modernize data platform with Apache Iceberg enabling ACID transactions, time travel, and schema evolution.
- Establish data governance framework including quality metrics, lineage tracking, and compliance controls.
- Drive engineering best practices including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing.
Engineering Manager
IBS Software
Trivandrum
02.2022 - 06.2025
- Established data engineering practice from inception, cultivating team culture and technical foundation.
- Recruited and onboarded initial data engineering team, defining standards and best practices.
- Led over five major data transformation projects, consistently meeting deadlines with 9+ CSAT ratings leading to promotion.
- Reduced critical business reporting latency from over 24 hours to less than 2 hours by redesigning ETL architecture.
- Collaborated with product, business, and operations teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
- Designed datalake architecture utilizing PySpark and EMR, migrating legacy ETL to cloud-native ELT patterns.
Senior Associate (Technical Lead)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2010 - 02.2022
- Led technical teams delivering data warehouse and analytics solutions for Fortune 500 clients across Insurance and Travel domains.
- Architected end-to-end ETL/ELT solutions using Informatica, Talend, and cloud technologies (AWS, Snowflake).
- Managed distributed teams (onshore/offshore) across multiple simultaneous client engagements.
- Translated business requirements into technical designs, ensuring solutions aligned with enterprise architecture.
- Developed data warehouse solutions and OLTP database applications using Oracle, SQL Server, and cloud databases.
- Built deep domain expertise in Insurance and Travel industries, understanding complex business workflows.
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
University of Kerala
01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
University of Kerala
01.2007
Skills
- Cloud and data lake architecture
- Big data analytics
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Technical strategy
- Machine learning integration
- Coaching and mentoring
- Effective communication
- Data governance
Websites
Certification
- Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification, 2020
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2018
Accomplishments
- Team Excellence: Maintained <5% attrition rate, significantly outperforming industry benchmarks through strong culture and mentorship.
- Client Success: Achieved consistent 9+ CSAT scores through proactive partnership and delivery excellence.
- Performance Impact: Reduced data latency by multifold times (10x+ improvements), enabling real-time business intelligence.
- Strategic Leadership: Successfully influenced senior leadership on multiple architectural and investment decisions.
- Innovation: Pioneered adoption of Apache Iceberg lakehouse architecture, positioning organization at forefront of modern data stack.
- Career Progression: Promoted to Senior Engineering Manager in recognition of exceptional leadership and impact.
- AI Advocacy: Developed and presented AI/ML proposals leading to organizational adoption of intelligent data solutions.
Personal Information
Title: Senior Data Engineering Manager
Impact And Leadership
Built and scaled data engineering teams from ground up, maintaining <5% attrition rate through strong engineering culture and career development., Hire, mentor, and develop engineers across all levels with focus on technical growth and leadership potential., Foster inclusive environment where engineers are empowered to take ownership and drive impact., Reduced data latency by multifold (10x+ improvement) enabling real-time business intelligence and faster decision cycles., Consistently achieve 9+ CSAT scores through deep client partnership and proactive problem-solving., Influence senior leadership on technology strategy, architecture decisions, and organizational investments., Drive adoption of modern data stack including lakehouse architecture (Apache Iceberg), cloud-native solutions, and AI/ML capabilities., Lead multiple concurrent large-scale data transformation projects from conception to production., Champion data democratization and self-service analytics, enabling 100+ business users to access insights independently.
Timeline
Senior Data Engineering Manager
IBS Software
07.2025 - Current
Engineering Manager
IBS Software
02.2022 - 06.2025
Senior Associate (Technical Lead)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2010 - 02.2022
Master of Computer Applications -
University of Kerala
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
University of Kerala