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Tarun Walia

Bangalore

Summary

Experienced engineering leader with 15+ years building and scaling backend systems, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering customer-facing solutions. Led teams of up to 30, including line managers, across high-impact projects. Strong focus on improving performance, reducing operational overhead, and delivering reliable, maintainable software aligned with business goals.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Engineering Manager

Atlassian
03.2024 - Current
  • Led strategic initiatives focused on increasing product engagement and expanding third-party integrations across platforms. Successfully grew monthly active users (MAU) from 2 million to 5 million, significantly expanding product reach. Drove engineering and process optimizations that reduced “run-the-business” operational overhead from 50% to 20%, enabling greater focus on innovation. Partnered cross-functionally to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions aligned with Atlassian’s long-term vision.

Senior Engineering Manager

bigbasket.com
06.2022 - 12.2023
  • Managed and guided a large-scale team(25+) to drive enhancements for online search capabilities and product listings at BigBasket.
  • Spearheaded initiatives for optimizing catalog search behavior, leading to increased
    customer convergence and improved overall customer experience.
  • Made substantial contributions to enhancing Solr-based search functionalities, enabling
    customers to find items quickly and efficiently.

Senior Engineering Manager / Software Architect

Walmart India
06.2019 - 05.2022
  • Enhanced last-mile delivery routing at Walmart Global Tech India, resulting in a 10% mileage improvement and $7.5 million annual savings.
  • Recognized with "Impact Award," "Bravo," and "Annual Event" Awards for collaborative work
    with high-performance teams.

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Oracle
01.2017 - 06.2019
  • Played a pivotal role in building critical features such as nZDT (near-zero downtime) upgrades and developed the Buddy Agent for detecting lost connectivity of hosts in the cloud network.

Senior Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley
05.2014 - 10.2015

Senior Software Engineer

Nagarro
07.2011 - 05.2014

Software Engineer

KLEWARD
01.2009 - 06.2011

Education

Master Computer Application -

Krishna Institute of Engg&Tech, GHAZIABAD
01.2009

Skills

  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Agile
  • Cross-functional Collaborations
  • Strategic Planning
  • Technical leadership
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Distributed Systems
  • Hands On Coding / Code Reviews
  • Containerization and Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Java, Kafka, Solr, MySQL, Oracle, Spring Boot, NoSQL DB (Cosmos, Mongo), Caches (Memcache, AeroSpike), Multithreading Concurrent Programming
  • OR tool / Optaplanner
  • Statsig / Experimentation

Timeline

Senior Engineering Manager

Atlassian
03.2024 - Current

Senior Engineering Manager

bigbasket.com
06.2022 - 12.2023

Senior Engineering Manager / Software Architect

Walmart India
06.2019 - 05.2022

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Oracle
01.2017 - 06.2019

Senior Software Engineer

Morgan Stanley
05.2014 - 10.2015

Senior Software Engineer

Nagarro
07.2011 - 05.2014

Software Engineer

KLEWARD
01.2009 - 06.2011

Master Computer Application -

Krishna Institute of Engg&Tech, GHAZIABAD
Tarun Walia