About

Pooja Kushalappa is a Senior Engineering Manager at Flipkart with over 13 years of experience in the industry. She is a passionate leader and team player who enjoys collaborating with teams to build amazing products. Pooja believes that learning never stops and keeps herself updated with the latest technology and tools. She is a firm believer in system processes and transparency, investing in setting up an open culture aided with collaborative platforms that encourage communication and positive contributions from the team. At Flipkart, Pooja is leading the Experience, Infra, and Query Understanding team within Search. Her responsibilities include driving the technical roadmap, planning, prioritization, and execution of engineering and data science solutions. She also manages stakeholder management and close product partnership, hiring, career development, mentoring, and performance development. Pooja focuses on team culture and fostering self-sustained, high-performing teams, cross-team collaboration, and working with multiple teams across FK. Pooja has had the opportunity to work with amazing teams from MNCs to startups, both in India and overseas, and believes she has imbibed the best of both cultures in her work ethic. Her past experience includes working as an Engineering Manager at i.am+ and as a Consultant at Nokia. At i.am+, Pooja managed various projects, including Gateway to Omega, Omega Proactive notification system, Omega Reservation system, and Skills to enhance Omega experience. She also built a smart speaker on the Omega platform. At Nokia, Pooja worked on an application to showcase the proprietary refocus and depth algorithm of Nokia Research Center, Multimedia, and an interface to native c algorithm. Pooja's education history includes attending the National Institute of Engineering. Her tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer, Search, NLU, Data Scientist, Infra, Golang, Kubernetes, and Research Scientist. With almost 15 years of relevant experience, Pooja is a valuable asset to any team she works with.