Niilesh R.
Senior Engineering Manager | ex- AWS | Transforming Data Platforms & Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP) | Machine learning AI/ML, Developer Productivity, Distributed Systems | Proven Leader Driving Growth & Innovation
- Role
- Senior Software Engineering Manager at Crunchyroll
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Niilesh R.
I’m a Senior Engineering Manager with 22+ years of experience leading data, cloud…
Experience
Senior Software Engineering Manager
May 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
As Senior Engineering Manager at Crunchyroll, I led end-to-end platform transformation across Smart TV, Gaming Consoles, and Web Core Client Platform, managing two globally distributed teams (20 engineers + 1 manager). My work combined engineering leadership, platform unification, developer productivity, and customer experience innovation—delivering measurable impact at scale. Scaled Smart TV & Gaming Console Platforms — drove monorepo migration from fragmented repos to a unified codebase, simplifying dependency management, automating versioning, and enabling gated rollouts & A/B testing. Achieved OKRs of 35% lower release complexity and 30% faster feature rollouts, while platform unification cut maintenance overhead 40%, boosted developer productivity 40%, and increased DAU from 9M → 19M (+25% adoption KPI).🧭 Strategic Roadmap & Execution — owned technical roadmap for Web Core Client Platform & Web Components, aligning with cross-functional OKRs and delivering features from inception to launch with measurable impact on customer growth (expanded to 15M+ users). Team Growth & Revenue Impact — scaled LRX org with structured hiring plans, delivering roadmap commitments that expanded customer base and directly contributed to subscription growth KPIs. Engineering Excellence & Compliance — established platform-wide observability, CI/CD automation, and compliance frameworks. Measured KPIs included 90% faster incident detection and improved SLA adherence across distributed systems.🤝 Cross-Functional Leadership — partnered with Product, Design, and GTM to align on strategy, cultural values, OKRs, and measurable outcomes, ensuring a balance of velocity with operational rigor. Mentorship & Leadership Development — coached emerging leaders (managers, staff engineers, architects) on people management, technical leadership, recruiting, testing strategy, and distributed architecture, fostering a leadership pipeline to sustain organizational growth.
Education
St Ursula High School
SSC
1985 — 1997
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.) ( Long Distance / Remote )
2023 — 2027
University of Pune
Bachelors
1999 — 2003
Skills
- Java
- Core Java
- Sun Certified Java Programmer
- Java Software Development
- Options
- Technology Development
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- Options Strategies
- Derivatives
- Equity Derivatives
- Front Office
- Market Risk
- Credit Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Var
- Tibco Ems
- Tibco Rendezvous
- Messaging Technologies
- Trading Systems
- Trading Strategies
- Middle Office
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Eclipse
- Multithreading
- Tomcat
- Spring
- Servlets
- Struts
- Hibernate
- Jdbc
- Oracle Sql
- Sql Database Design
- Sybase
- Netezza
- Pricing Strategy
- Gwt
- Jsp
- Ant
- Cvs
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