Abhilekh Agarwal
Director of Engineering | VP Engineering | Strategic Tech Leadership • AI/ML • Cloud • FinTech • Team Scaling
- Role
- Sdm at Google
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abhilekh Agarwal
Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience building and scaling cloud, AI/ML, sovereign compute, payments, and large-scale distributed platforms. I’ve led high-impact teams at Google, Microsoft, Amazon and high-growth startups, delivering platforms that support 1B+ monthly user sessions,$150B+ annual dispute throughput, and sovereign AI workloads for regulated industries.My leadership style blends technical depth + execution rigor. I focus on:Owning long-term platform and architecture roadmapsTurning strategy into predictable delivery and measurable outcomesBuilding high-trust engineering culture across multi-geo teamsImproving performance, reliability and cost efficiency at scaleI enjoy solving problems where:Design and product need to align with technical realitiesLarge distributed systems must evolve without breaking usersAI/ML needs to move from research demos to durable productsSecurity and compliance must coexist with innovationPreviously:Stabilized sovereign Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) delivery, including Gemini AI rolloutImproved Excel co-authoring UX for 1.1B+ monthly collaboration sessionsAutomated Amazon vendor disputes to 90% automation with 8-hour SLAScaled MobiKwik PG reliability to industry-best 93% success rateBuilt Cube26 as CTO & Co-founder (scaled to 6M+ users,$8M VC, later acquired)If you’re building distributed systems, sovereign cloud platforms, AI adoption in enterprise, or scaling engineering orgs — happy to connect.#EngineeringLeadership #TechLeader #TechStrategy #AILeadership #MLLeadership #CloudComputing #DistributedSystems #ProductDevelopment #SovereignCloud #FinTech #ECommerce #OperationalExcellence #TeamBuilding #DigitalTransformation #ExecutiveLeadership #Innovation #StrategicPlanning #GlobalTeams #SystemDesign #TechVisionary #CareerGrowth #HiringVP Engineering, Director Engineering, Cloud Engineering Leader, AI Engineering Leader,Distributed Systems, Sovereign Cloud, AI Product Strategy, Product Leadership
Experience
Sdm
Mar 2024 — Present
Led multiple engineering workstreams within Google Distributed Cloud, enabling infrastructure management for Sovereign and Edge deployments. Directed the end-to-end lifecycle of system software delivery, including image management, automated builds, and multi-region deployment strategies.Strategic Leadership: Stepped in to manage an expanded organizational unit during a leadership transition, successfully stabilizing the team and maintaining delivery velocity for over a quarter.Product Convergence: Spearheaded a unified UX strategy for the UI engineering team, consolidating disparate interfaces from two business lines into a single, cohesive user experience.Infrastructure Excellence: Scaled the systems responsible for infrastructure image distribution and updates, ensuring high availability and compliance across diverse client environments.Team Scaling: Built and mentored a high-performing team from the ground up, fostering a culture of technical excellence within Google Cloud’s distributed infrastructure.
Education
Cornell University
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science
2010 — 2011
Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology
B Tech, Computer Science(CSE)
2003 — 2007
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