Vikrant Mahajan

About Vikrant Mahajan

I am a Senior Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, leading multiple teams at the intersection of AI, Generative AI, and Platform Engineering. With 16 years of experience across ads tech, healthcare, travel, and e-commerce, I specialize in building AI-driven systems that protect trust, scale efficiency, and unlock growth safeguarding multi-billion-dollar ads revenue.At LinkedIn, I ensure that every ad on the platform is safe, transparent, and high-quality. My teams build traditional AI/ML systems to drive efficiency and generative AI defenses to counter emerging LLM-driven threats—including fraud and misuse at global scale. I also play a key role in compliance with the EU Digital Services Act, UK FCA, and other regulations by launching industry-first transparency features such as the Ad Library, Ad Controls, and member-facing explainability tools.In parallel, I lead the LinkedIn Developer Platform team, advancing APIs and strategic integrations with partners like Canva and Adobe, while building next-generation agent-ready capabilities to empower the broader ecosystem.My passion lies in scaling responsible AI systems that shape the future of digital trust, while enabling platforms to be AI- and LLM-agent ready for the next era of professional interaction. I thrive at the intersection of technology, product vision, and organizational leadership—and aspire to continue growing as an AI/LLM platform leader driving global impact.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Linkedin

   Oct 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Lead multiple engineering teams delivering AI/ML automation and cutting-edge generative AI defenses that safeguard LinkedIn Ads at scale, protecting the professional experiences of over a billion members.Pioneered multi-modal defenses spanning text, images, video, PDFs, and transcripts — integrating traditional AI/ML with LLM-powered systems to proactively counter fraud, policy violations and emerging abuse patterns.Drove industry-first transparency and compliance initiatives, including the launch of Ad Controls, the Ad Library, and member-facing explainability tools, positioning LinkedIn ahead of evolving global regulations such as the EU Digital Services Act and UK FCA.Head the LinkedIn API Developer Platform team, advancing integrations with ecosystem partners like Canva and Adobe, while building agent-ready APIs to prepare the developer ecosystem for the emerging AI/LLM agent economy.Recognized as a cross-functional leader at the intersection of AI innovation, trust & safety, and platform growth, shaping the future of responsible, multi-modal, and agentic AI for the world’s largest professional network.

Education

• Amity School of Engineering & Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• New Relic
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Php
• Private Cloud
• Design Patterns
• Spring
• Jquery
• Mvc
• Amazon S3
• Spring Security
• Json
• Junit
• System Architecture
• Data Structures
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Agile Methodologies
• Restful Webservices
• Linux
• Asp.net
• Hibernate
• Apache Velocity
• Distributed Caching
• Scalability
• Couchdb
• Sentry
• Core Java
• Jsp
• Ajax
• Hiring
• Elasticsearch
• Java
• Nosql
• Varnish
• Amazon Sqs
• Bootstrap
• SEO
• Sass
• Microservices