Rakesh Setia

About Rakesh Setia

Extensive experience managing engineering programs and technical teams to design, build, and deliver scalable, complex solutions. Roles include Software Development Manager, Solutions Architect, Technical Program Manager, and Product Owner/Manager.=> Successfully led the design, migration, and delivery of complex transformation initiatives, including platform migrations and cloud-native solutions.=> Acted as the primary point of contact for business requirements, architectural discussions, and cross-functional collaboration, demonstrating strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.=>Provided technical expertise in analysis, architecture, design, and solution delivery for enterprise applications used by Tier 1 operators globally.=> Managed end-to-end program delivery activities, including pre-sales, PI/sprint planning, SoW creation, and resource estimation.=> Streamlined DevOps processes with CI/CD frameworks, achieving over 80% efficiency gains in deployment and testing.=> Directed product enhancement, roadmap management, and release planning activities while collaborating with stakeholders for feature prioritization.=> Delivered solutions using Agile, Scrum, FDD, and Waterfall methodologies.=> Led and mentored teams of solution architects and system integrators, fostering innovation and delivering impactful results in high-stakes environments.=>Core Technical Skills- AWS cloud services (Compute, Storage, Database, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.)- Cloud-Native (Kubernetes)- Strong expertise in system integration using Microservice/SOA architecture- Proven experience in automation and DevOps for scalable architectures.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   Costco IT

   May 2024 — Present · Issaquah, WA, US

   Engineering leader overseeing the Identity & Accounts domain within Costco’s global technology organization. I manage a diverse team of full‑time engineers, QA professionals, software architects, and a large onshore/offshore contractor workforce. I focus on building secure, scalable identity solutions, driving delivery excellence, and fostering a collaborative, high‑performance engineering culture.

Education

• Maharshi Dayanand University

  B.E, Computer Science

Skills

• Solution Architecture
• Etom
• Weblogic
• Xml
• Soap
• Servlets
• Sid
• Oracle
• Open Source Software
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Pre-Sales
• Unified Modeling Language (Uml)
• Osm
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Telecommunications
• Bss
• Integration
• Web Services
• Order Management
• Aia
• Soa
• Uml