Rahul Sawhney

About Rahul Sawhney

I’m an engineering and platform leader with 20+ years building and scaling enterprise SaaS, commerce, and data platforms. At Amazon (8+ years), I led multi-team programs to modernize critical systems, raise reliability/observability, and grow managers and senior ICs across the U.S, India, and Europe. I operate where strategy meets execution: clarifying goals, aligning stakeholders, and shipping iteratively with strong operational rigor.FOCUS AREAS Cloud platforms (AWS) • Microservices & APIs • DevSecOps/CI/CD🧭 Legacy → Modern transformations • Reliability/observability • Data & analytics🤝 Cross-functional delivery with Finance, Product, Ops, and LegalHIGHLIGHTS Led multi-team modernization from legacy workloads to tier-1 microservices, improving stability and throughput for high-volume retail. Delivered privacy/compliance enablement for new regional launches (data residency, guardrails, monitoring patterns). Built middleware + mobile tooling that streamlined labor/fulfillment, driving significant OpEx savings over multiple years. Unified fragmented commerce/billing stacks into a single subscription platform, improving CX and operational visibility. Hired and developed diverse engineering/TPM teams; advanced multiple engineers to senior levels while sustaining delivery velocity.WHAT I BRING:** Clarity * Autonomy * Joint Ownership **🧩 Team building and leadership (Director/VP track) Program strategy and execution at scale Modernization and performance optimization Reliability/observability and error-budget practices Stakeholder alignment across business and techROLE INTERESTSDirector/VP of Engineering or Senior Engineering Manager roles in product-innovation, platform, or data-centric teams (Austin or remote).CONNECTOpen to connecting on leadership, platform scale, and modernization efforts. Austin-based; remote and global engagements welcome.LEARN MORE:

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   The Knot Worldwide

   Jan 2026 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

  B.E., Electronics Instrumentation & Control

  1994 — 1998

• St. Xavier School - Delhi

  CBSE

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Master of Science (MS)

  2001 — 2002

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

  PGCPM, Management

  2002 — 2003

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Certified Scrum Master Csm
• Pmo
• Program Management
• Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Sql
• Microsoft Project
• Management
• Project Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Cmmi
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Engineering
• Strategy
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Agile
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Medical Devices
• Saas
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Lean Startup
• Testing
• Sdlc
• Coaching
• Enterprise Software
• Integration
• Software Project Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Product Development
• Facilitation
• Process Consulting
• Lean Software Development