Rahul Shrivastava
Engineering Manager @ UKG | Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering | Hiring & Scaling Teams | Ex Samsung | Cloud & Microservices
- Role
- Engineering Manager at UKG
- Location
- Ghaziabad, UP, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rahul Shrivastava
Engineering Manager with 13+ years in software engineering and 6+ years leading teams building scalable, cloud-native platforms.Focused on building high-performing engineering teams and delivering reliable systems that power critical business workflows. Experience spans enterprise and financial domains, leading distributed systems and backend platforms at scale.Career evolved from hands-on backend engineering to leadership roles responsible for team growth, delivery ownership, and platform reliability.Core strengths:• Hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing engineers• Driving execution, planning, and delivery predictability• Leading architecture evolution toward scalable distributed systems• Partnering with Product, Data, and Operations to align engineering with business goals• Building ownership-driven and high-trust engineering culturesParticular interest in:• Distributed systems & platform engineering• Engineering team scaling and culture building• System design, reliability, and performance• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment
Experience
Engineering Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
Leading backend engineering for a multi-tenant workforce forecasting and planning platform powering enterprise SaaS solutions.Team Leadership & Ownership• Managing and growing a team of 9 engineers across backend and platform development• Responsible for hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career growth• Driving engineering execution, planning, and delivery across cross-functional initiativesPlatform & Business Impact• Leading development of a workforce forecasting platform predicting labor demand using business and external data signals• Partnering with Product, Data, and Business teams to align engineering roadmap with company goalsCost Optimization & Efficiency• Leading a service-wide cloud cost optimization initiative delivering ~$1M annual infrastructure savings
Education
KIET Group of Institutions
B.Tech (Information Technology), Engineering
2008 — 2012
Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College Puranpur
Intermediate, PCM
2006 — 2007
Skills
- Mysql
- Android
- Java
- Software Development
- Linux
- Core Java
- C
- Programming
- Google App Engine
- Data Structures
- Eclipse
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.