Sanjay Nayak

About Sanjay Nayak

Engineering leader with 16+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and data platforms across e-commerce, fintech, edtech, and mobility domains. Currently leading Customer Data Platform and personalization infrastructure at Wayfair, enabling real-time customer intelligence and data-driven experiences at scale.I specialize in designing and scaling high-throughput systems, real-time data pipelines, and AI-driven personalization platforms that directly impact business outcomes. Over the years, I’ve led and grown high-performing engineering teams, delivering platforms that handle billions of events, high QPS systems, and mission-critical workflows.My focus lies in: • Building scalable, reliable platform architectures • Driving engineering excellence and org growth • Partnering with product, data science, and business leaders to deliver impact • Leveraging data and AI to power personalization and decision-makingPassionate about solving complex problems, mentoring engineers, and building systems that scale with business growth.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Wayfair

   Oct 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading CDP, Identity Graph, and Privacy platforms enabling real-time personalisation and recommendations at scale. Driving AI/ML-powered customer intelligence, cold-start personalisation, and cross-functional initiatives across Product, Data Science, and Marketing.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Raipur

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Skills

• Core Java
• Apache Kafka
• Drools
• Spring Batch
• Spring Boot
• Apache Spark
• Web Services
• Struts
• Hibernate
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Jerseys
• Mysql
• Jenkins
• Sql
• Spring Framework
• Java
• Javascript
• Jsp
• C
• Vertex
• Spark Streaming