Shikha Singh

About Shikha Singh

Senior Engineering Manager with over four years at Akamai Technologies, leading delivery of the CloudTest product and managing large-scale, distributed systems. I focus on building reliable, high-quality platforms through strong engineering practices and effective cross-functional collaboration.With a broader background of 12 years in the telecom industry, I bring deep experience in building and operating complex software systems, while successfully transitioning to and owning products outside my original domain.I am passionate about developing high-performing teams, driving technical excellence, and continuously learning new technologies to solve challenging problems, align engineering outcomes with business goals, and deliver meaningful user impact.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Akamai Technologies

   Jul 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Led end-to-end delivery for CloudTest, a globally distributed, cloud-native load testing platform, with ownership across planning, execution, and release.Drove long-term product strategy in partnership with product leadership, shaping a scalable roadmap to support evolving customer and business demands.Provided technical and execution leadership by decomposing complex business requirements into modular, scalable features across multiple teams and system components.Strengthened engineering execution through agile best practices, improving delivery predictability and reducing release cycles.Resolved complex cross-team and cross-component dependencies, enabling reliable delivery of a highly available distributed system.

Education

• WBUT

  B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Unix
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Core Java
• Oracle
• Dojo
• Sql
• Hibernate
• Hibernate 3.1
• Nms
• Javascript
• Rest
• Spring
• Java