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Sreejith Plankala

Pleasanton,USA

Summary

Technical Engineering Manager with 20+ years of experience in SaaS and eCommerce platform development. Proven track record in driving architectural strategy, modernizing platforms, and scaling engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions. Recently guided teams in exploring and applying emerging AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, and MCP to prototype intelligent automation and migration solutions. Strong advocate of developer productivity, leveraging tools like GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and Cursor to improve code quality, accelerate delivery, and increase team efficiency.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Engineering Manager / Technical Leader

Workday Inc.
01.2018 - Current
  • Led Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) team, delivering secure metadata transport and consistency frameworks.
  • Designed and delivered Tenant Lifecycle Management (TLM) services for scalable tenant provisioning, migration, and automation.
  • Spearheaded Configuration Management Service, modernizing legacy systems into microservices and enabling clean separation of configuration vs. transactional data.
  • Built automation for tenant onboarding, lifecycle workflows, and public-cloud migrations.
  • Integrated AI productivity tools (Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor) to accelerate testing, debugging, and code reviews.
  • AI Projects in ALM: Prototyped a recommendation engine for package migrations using MCP (Model Context Protocol) and Hugging Face base models; developed intelligent diffing solutions; experimented with LangChain and LangGraph orchestration; built conversational log analysis PoCs with LLMs.
  • Specialized in production troubleshooting at scale — designed log analysis workflows using Kibana, Grafana, LogWeb, Splunk, and DynaTrace.
  • Mentored cross-functional teams and scaled engineering practices with Kubernetes, Java/Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Recognition: Workday Innovation Award (2024) for platform modernization and AI productivity.

Principal Software Engineer

Art.com Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2015
  • Led .NET-based e-commerce development for Art.com and AllPosters.com, expanding to 25+ international domains.
  • Designed and implemented SEO frameworks to boost global search visibility.
  • Built and enhanced a Translation Management System to support multilingual websites.
  • Enhanced the checkout experience by developing a single-page checkout flow, improving performance and conversion rates.
  • Integrated and extended payment gateway solutions, including Klarna, to expand international payment options.
  • Worked on API Gateway integrations (Apigee) to streamline service connectivity and enforce security.
  • Contributed to configuration management systems to separate configuration data from code and enable feature flag capabilities.
  • Maintained CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Subversion) and implemented monitoring with Splunk and DynaTrace.
  • Mentored junior developers and participated in interview panels to scale engineering teams.

Module Leader

Wipro Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Delivered WCF-based B2B logistics systems and enterprise billing applications.
  • Recognized with FIMC Award for outstanding cross-project execution and leadership.

Software Engineer

Mopat Business Solutions
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Migrated a legacy ASP-based Property Management System to ASP.NET and SQL Server, improving maintainability and scalability.

Software Engineer

SoftBrain Innovations
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Contributed to ERP and logistics solutions, developing billing and operations modules.

Education

MCA (Master of Computer Applications) -

Anna University

B.Sc. - Physics

Mahatma Gandhi University

Skills

  • Backend development with Java, Python, and NET
  • Microservices architecture
  • DevOps & Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, GCP, CI/CD Pipelines
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB
  • AI & Tooling: GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor, Hugging Face, LLMs (OpenAI)
  • AI Orchestration & Platforms: LangChain, LangGraph, MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Observability & Debugging: Kibana, Grafana, LogWeb, Splunk, DynaTrace
  • Practices: Agile/Scrum, TDD, CI, Scalable Code Architecture

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Workday Innovation Award (2024) — AI productivity and platform modernization., Quarterly, Spot, and Snap Awards — Art.com / Ness USA Inc., FIMC Award — Wipro Technologies., Frequent mentor, system design reviewer, and engineering hiring panelist.

Timeline

Engineering Manager / Technical Leader

Workday Inc.
01.2018 - Current

Principal Software Engineer

Art.com Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2015

Module Leader

Wipro Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2009

Software Engineer

Mopat Business Solutions
01.2006 - 01.2007

Software Engineer

SoftBrain Innovations
01.2005 - 01.2006

B.Sc. - Physics

Mahatma Gandhi University

MCA (Master of Computer Applications) -

Anna University

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