Amit Khanna

About Amit Khanna

I have always been fascinated by how technology can transform businesses and lives. My journey through the tech landscape has allowed me to explore this passion deeply—whether it’s building Consumer and Enterprise platforms, and the underlying scalable data systems at Meta or spearheading innovative solutions at Upstart AI based Lending. Each role has shaped my understanding of what it takes to create impactful products while nurturing talented teams that can scale effectively.At Meta, I’ve had the privilege of leading sales crm, marketing-tech, user identity, recommendation & guidance platform, and customer 360 initiatives to grow Ads business monetization through crafting software platforms and data analytics. It’s thrilling to see how our work on platforms like Facebook In-Stream video ads impacts millions of users globally. My time there has taught me not just about technology but also about the importance of collaboration across diverse teams to bring ideas to life.Before joining Meta, I was founding member of the Data Platform team at Upstart (Fintech startup). Being the first data engineer was both challenging and rewarding; I built our data stack from scratch and expanded our engineering team while establishing infrastructure on AWS. This experience ignited my passion for creating scalable solutions that empower businesses.I also spent time at Hewlett-Packard where I led a global billing platform team through a significant migration to microservices architecture. This transition improved horizontal scalability and reduced billing errors by a notable margin—an achievement that reinforced my belief in the power of thoughtful architecture.Outside of work, I enjoy giving back to the community by mentoring aspiring engineers and participating in local tech meetups. Sharing knowledge fuels my enthusiasm for continuous learning and helps me stay connected with emerging trends in technology.If you’re interested in discussing innovative engineering solutions or exploring collaboration opportunities in data analytics and cloud infrastructure, feel free to reach out via email! Skills: Data Engineering | Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)| Distributed Systems | Analytics | Team Leadership | Martech Solutions

Experience

1. Head of Engineering

   Meta

   Jul 2016 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Engineering Leader(EM2) for Ads Sales Monetization & Connected CRM Platform Innovation* Responsible for driving SMB business monetization by shaping and executing the vision for a connected software platform and data ecosystem, spanning sales, product, and marketing functions.* Modernized legacy lead generation systems into an integrated, revenue-driven marketing tech stack, enabling deeper customer insights and data-driven decision-making.Pioneered the development and deployment of a real-time recommendation platform across global call sites, serving millions of advertisers and contributing to a 35% YoY revenue growth in the small business vertical.* Transformed customer engagement strategies by overhauling siloed GTM, CRM, and sales processes; led the development of a next-generation integrated platform, reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 22%.* Established a centralized data analytics function to foster data-driven experimentation and self-optimizing growth strategies through automation and advanced tooling.* Innovated modular, horizontal services addressing machine learning feature engineering, customer identity management, analytical data libraries, and Customer 360 data lake architecture.

Education

• APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Skills

• Data Warehousing
• Informatica
• Datastage 8.1
• Pl/Sql
• Obiee
• Data Modeling
• Business Objects
• Etl
• Oracle
• Cognos
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Data Warehouse Architecture
• Oracle Pl/Sql Development
• Ibm Tivoli
• Data Integration
• Perl Script
• Autosys
• Rally
• Business Analytics
• Trading Systems
• Ssis
• Database Design
• Integration
• Hadoop
• Hive
• Apache Pig
• Oozie
• Big Data
• Shell Scripting
• Datastage
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Sap Businessobjects