Praveen M G

About Praveen M G

With over 16 years in the ever-evolving tech industry, I am an Engineering leader focused on building scalable platforms, high-performing teams, and technology strategies that drive measurable business impact. I specialize in transforming fragmented systems into unified, product-driven platforms while aligning engineering execution with enterprise goals.I have led large-scale platform initiatives, modernized legacy technology stacks, and introduced AI-enabled workflows that improved operational efficiency by tens of thousands of hours and significantly reduced lead times. My approach combines long-term architectural thinking with disciplined delivery, ensuring modernization translates into real business outcomes.Beyond technology, I am passionate about multiplying talent and raising engineering standards. I build self-organized teams, strengthen engineering excellence through quality and reliability improvements, and invest in structured upskilling to grow well-rounded, full-stack engineers.I thrive at the intersection of platform strategy, organizational leadership, and AI-driven transformation—scaling engineering impact across teams and domains.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Target

   Sep 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   As a Sr Engineering Manager, I evolved my team from a feature-focused squad into a foundational platform organization delivering enterprise-scale impact. I led strategic initiatives that unified fragmented applications into a connected platform, launched large-scale automation capabilities that reduced lead times by 50%, and introduced AI-enabled workflows to simplify item setup and management. These efforts drove high stakeholder adoption and delivered 37K+ hours of operational efficiency gains. I strengthened engineering excellence by modernizing legacy stacks, improving test coverage across applications, reducing incidents by 60% YoY, and establishing strong operational metrics across reliability and delivery. Beyond delivery, I focused on talent multiplication—building self-organized teams, mentoring engineers toward promotions, leading cross-functional alignment, and launching upskilling programs that enabled 20 engineers to expand into full-stack roles.Core strengths: Retail Systems · Domain Architecture · Technical Project Leadership · Stakeholder Management · Coaching & Mentoring · Problem Solving

Education

• East Point College of Engg and Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

  2003 — 2009