Preethika Lali
Fremont
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Lucid Motors, excelling in CI/CD automation and team building. Spearheaded the centralization of DevOps, enhancing release efficiency and fostering collaboration across global teams. Adept in Python scripting and passionate about driving a DevOps culture, I thrive on achieving impactful results.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Global DevOps, Software Configuration
Lucid Motors
California
04.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: California USA
- Global team of 100+ Engineers
- 4 managers
- 2 TPM’s
- Technical Lead: Centralizing DevOps in Lucid
- Development: Automation of ECU builds using bash, Python
- Built a team of 100+ engineers in the span of 3 years
- Global team members are in US, Canada, India
- Team members reporting to me are DevOps, Automation, QA and Full Stack engineers
- End-to-end automation of ECU’s builds according to environments
- Implement SW versioning/part numbering according to the industry standard
- Automated CI/CD multi--branch pipeline for AUTOSAR projects in Linux environment
- Design pipeline builds for ECU teams to make a streamlined process for merging of code
- Automation of test cases execution after the builds
- Using and maintaining GITLAB repository
- Architect and implement Global DevOps Organization
- Automation to integrate Jira and Teams/Slack
- Creating python automations scripts for manual steps
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management to QA and prod
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Deployments on Linux server
- Set up Cloudbees core on Kubernetes
- Leads and manages the team performing Over-The-Air updates for all the Lucid cars across the Globe
- California USA
Release Manager
Lucid Motors
California
02.2020 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: California USA
- Team Size: 60+ developers, 20+ QA, 2 DevOps engineers hired, the process of hiring about 8 -10
- Technical Lead: Designed the automated the release process for E/E team
- Development: Automation of ECU builds using bash, Python
- End-to-end automation of ECU’s builds according to environments
- Implement SW versioning/part numbering according to the industry standard
- Automated CI/CD multi--branch pipeline for AUTOSAR projects in Linux environment
- Design pipeline builds for ECU teams to make a streamlined process for merging of code
- Automation of test cases execution after the builds
- Using and maintaining GITLAB repository
- Architect and implement the release plan
- Automation to integrate Jira and Teams/Slack
- Creating python automations scripts for manual steps
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management to QA and prod
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Deployments on Linux server
- Set up Cloudbees core on Kubernetes
- Support Firmware deployments to cars over the air
- California USA
Release Manager
NIO
California
12.2017 - 02.2020
- Company Overview: California USA
- Team Size: 40+ developers, 14 QA, 5 DevOps engineer
- Technical Lead: Designed the automated the release process for firmware boards
- Development: Automation of Digital Systems using Perl, Python
- MISRA and ISO 26262 functional safety setup using LDRA code analysis set up
- Automated CI/CD multi--branch pipeline for CMAKE/C++ projects in Linux environment
- Implemented CI/CD pipeline for all the projects in Digital products team
- Automation of package for connected gateways in the car
- Using and maintaining GITLAB repository
- Decide the release plan
- Worked on Jira administration
- Set up and maintain the Jenkins servers
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Architect and design the OTA updates
- Deployments on Linux server
- Set up Cloudbees core on Kubernetes
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla
California
10.2016 - 12.2017
- Company Overview: California USA
- Team Size: 50 developers, 10 QA, 3 DevOps engineer
- Technical Lead: Designed the architecture of the Digital Products Engineering team with TEAM portal
- Development: Automation of Digital Products using Python
- Automated CI/CD pipeline for dotnet core projects in Linux environment
- Implemented CI/CD pipeline for all the projects in Digital products team
- Setting up the Environment for all the development and support for QA and production for based front-end application (http://www.tesla.com)
- The website is built on drupal 7
- Using and maintaining GIT repository
- IOS automation using shell scripting
- Bash scripting used as packaging tool
- Creating fabric python automations scripts for front automation
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management to QA and prod
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Deployments on Linux server
- Worked on python, fabric as a developer
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla Motors
California
04.2015 - 10.2016
- Company Overview: California USA
- Technical Lead: Designed the architecture of the mobile iOS projects and front-end application integration with TEAM portal
- Development: Automation of mobile iOS builds using shell scripting
- Build and deployment for Xamarin
- Xamarin is a Microsoft tool used for building iOS, Android and Windows apps using single platform
- Setting up the Environment for all the development and support for QA and production for based front-end application (http://www.tesla.com)
- The website is built on drupal 7
- Using and maintaining GIT repository
- IOS automation using shell scripting
- Bash scripting used as packaging tool
- Creating fabric python automations scripts for front automation
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management to QA and prod
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Deployments on Linux server
- Worked on python, fabric as a developer
- Setup automated builds for 3 mobile apps MRT, ShipmentAdhoc and Logistics
- Worked on objective-C based projects coding and debugging
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
Esurance
California
02.2014 - 04.2015
- Company Overview: California USA
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the fxcop code analysis, CI build setup using TFS
- Designing: Migrated code from CLEARCASE to TFS
- Development: Esurance uses internal tool TFSRunBuild which for building and publishing results the website
- Setting up the Environment for all the development and support for QA and production
- IOS and Android automation using ANT
- Java modules automation using maven
- Code analysis of java projects using Lint
- Worked on Mobile web services for both Android and iOS Esurance apps to talk to internal systems such as Payments, coverages, claims using C#, Microsoft .Net 4 framework in Visual Studio 2012
- Shell scripting used as packaging tool
- Setting up the TFS admin and maintaining it
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management to QA and prod
- Migrating Projects from CLEARCASE to TFS and TFS2008 to TFS 2012
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Worked on C# as a developer for Esurance internal tools
- Work on Java projects ANT and MAVEN
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
BNY Mellon
California
09.2012 - 02.2014
- Company Overview: California USA
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the automation
- Designing: Design the automation of the SQL and web components and the MSBUILD related automation for a particular release
- Development: Develop the system according to the design spec
- Setting up the Environment
- Which includes tasks done by System admin and DBA
- Packaging tool used is WIX for installable development
- IOS and Android automation using ANT
- Setting up the TFS admin and maintaining it
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management of the installable
- Migrating Projects from VSS to TFS
- Build, Deployment and maintaining DEV, QA
- Setting up TFS for PowerBuilder projects as well as helping them run
- Worked on C# as a developer for a Hong Kong based Trading program
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla Motors
California
05.2012 - 09.2012
- Company Overview: California USA
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the automation
- Designing: Design the automation of the SQL and web components and the MSBUILD related automation for a particular release
- Development: Develop the system according to the design spec
- Setting up the Environment
- Which includes tasks done by System admin and DBA
- Packaging tool used is WIX for installable development
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management of the installable
- California USA
Build and Release Engineer
Microsoft
Seattle
10.2011 - 05.2012
- Company Overview: Seattle, USA
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the automation
- Designing: Design the automation of the SQL and web components and the MSBUILD related automation for a particular release
- Development: Develop the system according to the design spec
- Setting up the Environment
- Which includes tasks done by System admin and DBA
- Packaging tool used is WIX for installable development
- Tasks performed as a DBA are as follows: Restore Databases, Setting up replication, Provide admin permissions to the Users, DB mirroring, Failover
- Build and deployment in various development life cycle environments
- Release management of the installable
- Seattle, USA
Build and Release Engineer
Welldoc
06.2011 - 10.2011
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the automation
- Designing: Designed the entire application automation single handedly for various telecom industries
- Development: Setting up the TFS for the entire application
- Automate the application
- IOS automation using ANT
- Build and Deployment using CC.NET and SVN
- Migrated the entire application from VS 2008 to VS 2010
Build and Release Engineer
Microsoft-MSSOLVE
10.2009 - 06.2011
- Technical Lead: Designed the whole architecture of the automation
- Requirements Gathering: Single Point of contact to the client regarding build and automation
- Designing: Designed specs for automation according to the requirement
- Development: Developed automation code in WIX and packaged it into an MSI
- Automate MSI packaging with TFS and build
- System Configuration: Set up the environment from scratch for multiple phase of SDLC
- Created gated check-in rules
- Worked in all phases Analysis, Design, Development, and Deployment
- Prepared documents as per standards
- Worked in all aspects to achieve secured system
- Singly maintained all the servers
- Leaded team of 4
- Completed development within half of estimated efforts
- AWARDED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TWICE for Q2 FY 10 – 11 and Q3 FY 10 – 11
UI Developer
United Utilities
12.2008 - 05.2009
- Company Overview: a UK based project
- Worked as a UI developer
- A UK based project
Trainee
Infosys
06.2008 - 11.2008
- Worked on 3 mock projects as a trainee
Education
MOSS certification -
03.2010
Bachelor of Technology -
05.2008
Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure Management
- Expertise in AWS or Google Cloud for scalable infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible
- Experience managing hybrid cloud environments and on-prem infrastructure
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
- Automation of build, test, and deployment processes for faster releases
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation
- Experience with Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes (K8s), Helm
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and deployment strategies
- Managing service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) for networking within Kubernetes
- Implementing observability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana
- Strong incident response skills and root cause analysis using logging and monitoring solutions
- Defining SLOs/SLIs and improving system reliability via Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices
- Implementing DevSecOps practices by integrating security scans (SAST, DAST) in CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST)
- Managing secrets and access control using Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
- Deep understanding of networking protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TCP/IP)
- Load balancing and traffic management using Nginx
- Optimizing database performance (PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL)
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers
- Strong stakeholder communication with product, engineering, and security teams
- Driving a DevOps culture by breaking silos between development and operations
Rate
Open
Personal Information
Available: 2 weeks
Affiliations
- On the board of Women @ Lucid
Accomplishments
- Multiple Shout-out and extra mile awards in Lucid
- Nominee for Women MAKE awards 2024
Timeline
Head of Global DevOps, Software Configuration
Lucid Motors
04.2021 - Current
Release Manager
Lucid Motors
02.2020 - 04.2021
Release Manager
NIO
12.2017 - 02.2020
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla
10.2016 - 12.2017
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla Motors
04.2015 - 10.2016
Build and Release Engineer
Esurance
02.2014 - 04.2015
Build and Release Engineer
BNY Mellon
09.2012 - 02.2014
Build and Release Engineer
Tesla Motors
05.2012 - 09.2012
Build and Release Engineer
Microsoft
10.2011 - 05.2012
Build and Release Engineer
Welldoc
06.2011 - 10.2011
Build and Release Engineer
Microsoft-MSSOLVE
10.2009 - 06.2011
UI Developer
United Utilities
12.2008 - 05.2009
Trainee
Infosys
06.2008 - 11.2008