Hima Bindu Sanka

About Hima Bindu Sanka

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Hitachi, I lead global engineering delivery for innovative AI-powered platforms, focusing on data discovery and governance. With over 19 years of experience, I have directed end-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale solutions, leveraging cloud-native technologies and modern frameworks like Python,Java, Big data, AWS, and Kubernetes to create impactful data platforms. My work emphasizes advancing operational efficiency and innovation through generative AI and data platform development. By fostering cross-functional collaboration and prioritizing value-driven outcomes, I contribute to building cutting-edge solutions that align with business objectives, while also championing diversity and inclusion initiatives within the organization.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager Associate Director

   Hitachi

   Mar 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Spearheaded the end-to-end global engineering delivery of Pentaho Data Catalog+, a next gen AI powered data fit catalog platform. Enabled faster data discovery, governance, and trust by integrating metadata intelligence, sensitivity tagging and data quality scoring.• Directed delivery across multiple services including Data Discovery, Data Canvas, Reference Data Management, BI Modules, ML Model Integration, and Data Operations. Oversaw a cloud-native tech stack built on Java, Kotlin, React, AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker within a secure private environment. Ensured high-impact delivery aligned with business value, security compliance, and enterprise-scale performance.• Successful Product Releases: Delivered 2 successful product releases by formulating and executing an engineering strategy aligned with business objectives, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.• Customer Growth & Product Delivery: Managed end-to-end delivery of complex products, securing 3 new customers while effectively managing scope, timelines, dependencies, earned trust and respect from leadership- LLMs, Zapier, N8N, Agentic AI, Vibe, LangChain, Crew AI, Citizen dev• Efficient Release Management: Streamlined minor releases by implementing modern DevOps and cloud-native practices, driving increased efficiency and timely delivery of products.• Innovation & Team Development: Fostered a culture of technical innovation and continuous learning through Proofs of Concept (POCs) and ongoing initiatives, leading to a dynamic and highly motivated engineering team.• Stakeholder Communication: Acted as a liaison b/n engineering teams and senior leadership, conducting weekly management calls and delivering monthly progress updates, enabling informed decision-making and alignment.Strategic Planning & Execution | Requirement & Business Analysis | Product Roadmap Development & Execution | Enterprise-Scale Transformation | High-Impact Project/Program Management | Product Delivery

Education

• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

  Executive MBA, Finance, General

• Outskill

  AI Engineering Accelerator Program, Agentic AI/ Gen AI/LLMs

• Sidhartha Institute of Technology (NGIT)

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Information Technology

Skills

• Core Java
• Web Services
• Agile Methodologies
• Spring
• Software Project Management
• Servlets
• Java
• Sdlc
• Oracle
• Data Mining
• Requirements Analysis
• Unix
• Optimization
• Pl/Sql
• Machine Learning
• Jsp
• Big Data Analytics
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Sql
• Hibernate
• Requirements Gathering
• Statistical Modeling
• Struts
• Javascript
• Xml