Manjeet Kumar

Engineering Manager @Containergrid

Berlin, DE

Engineering Leadership | AI, GenAI, LLM Platforms & Agentic Systems1. Led engineering strategy for ContainerGrid’s AI-first Circular Economy platform using GenAI, LLMs, and ML to enable intelligent waste management, sustainable material recovery, and lifecycle traceability.2. Owned end-to-end engineering strategy and platform architecture for an AI-driven SaaS product delivering GenAI-powered insights for operational optimization and sustainability decisions.3. Architected and shipped an AI-enabled Circular Take-Back platform for PLM and EOL recovery using cloud-native, event-driven microservices and API-first design.4. Designed and implemented Agentic AI systems for analytics, routing optimization, and decision support using LangChain, RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, and prompt engineering.5. Built a multi-LLM orchestration layer integrating OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini with MCP-style routing based on cost, latency, and task requirements.6. Combined predictive ML models with LLM-based reasoning to optimize supply-chain orchestration, logistics planning, and waste collection routing.7. Delivered an AI/ML-powered route optimization engine, improving logistics efficiency, route accuracy, and operational planning.8. Modernized legacy mobile apps by migrating to React Native (0.76+) and Expo SDK 52, improving release stability and engineering velocity.9. Introduced AI-assisted development workflows (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), reducing feature delivery cycle time by ~40%.10. Implemented AI observability, prompt versioning, cost monitoring, and fallback strategies for secure, reliable, and cost-efficient AI systems.11. Scaled the engineering organization from inception, defining ownership models, hiring strategy, and growth paths aligned with an AI-centric roadmap.12. Improved Agile delivery, increasing sprint predictability, cross-functional collaboration, and overall engineering velocity by ~40%.