Sankhadeep Bhattacharya

About Sankhadeep Bhattacharya

Engineering leader with 10+ years of experience managing and scaling high-performing teams—currently leading 50+ engineers and frontline managers at Uber. Over a 24-year career, I\'ve delivered transformative outcomes across fintech, HRTech, and automation domains by combining deep technical understanding with a passion for people-first leadership.I’ve led organizations through some of the most complex transitions in enterprise tech—from legacy platforms to cloud-native microservices, and from manual workflows to intelligent automation powered by ML and NLP. Whether driving mission-critical migrations for Lehman Brothers UK, leading innovation for Intuit’s QuickBooks (desktop and online), or building Amex’s intelligent automation platform that now saves ~$12M annually, I’ve consistently operated at the intersection of technology, business value, and organizational scale.At Uber, I lead the PeopleTech engineering organization—building internal platforms and tools that power exceptional employee and candidate experiences globally. I work closely with cross-functional partners to define multi-year platform strategy, drive roadmap execution, and grow strong engineering leaders within the org.Above all, I believe in servant leadership. I coach, mentor, and create the conditions for engineers and managers to grow, thrive, and do the best work of their careers.Strengths & Focus Areas*Org design, people development, and scaling geo-distributed teams*Cloud-native architecture (AWS, serverless), microservices, platform engineering*ML/NLP-based automation, personalization, and intelligent search*Cross-functional leadership and business alignment*Engineering culture, velocity, and operational excellence

Experience

1. Engineering Leader - Business & Tech Engineering

   Uber

   Aug 2021 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   Lead engineering teams responsible for building HR products and processes to help understand and define success for individuals working for Uber. Leading global teams of System/Application & Software Engineers,Engineering Managers (45+) as part of the HR tools and technology (People Tech) charter for Uber from India,from Candidate experience(Talent Acquisition tools & tech) to Employee Growth Experience( Performance, LMS -Degreed, Absorb), partnering closely with cross functional stakeholders across US & India. Responsibilities includes setting up & coaching teams, building strategic direction of HR tools and technology to improve candidate and employee experience, planning & engineering practices, hiring and recruitment. Driving and implementing strategic direction and implementing roadmap across build applications (GoLang,REST, Analytics), SaaS vendor applications (iCIMS,Workday,ServiceNow) driving developer experience, productivity improvements.

Education

• Kalyani University

  B.Tech, Computer Engineering

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Unix
• Hibernate
• Weblogic
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Soa
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Prince2
• Architecture
• Java Software Development
• Xml
• Etl Tools
• Integration
• Software Development
• Java
• J2ee
• Web Services
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Functional Requirements
• Release Management
• Perl