About

Puneet Vardhan is a highly experienced senior technology leader with over 20 years of software development and leadership experience. With more than 14 years of experience in the USA, Puneet has proven his ability to manage high-performance teams in fast-paced environments, particularly in the technology and finance verticals. Currently, Puneet is the Director of Software Engineering at Walmart Labs, where he serves as the global engineering lead of the core Market Intelligence platform. He is responsible for driving the roadmap and cross-functional initiatives between technology and business to build high-impact systems. Puneet's expertise in leading solutions using Machine Learning to improve user experience and platform stability is an asset to Walmart Labs. Prior to his current role, Puneet served as the Senior Manager II of Software Engineering at Walmart, where he was the engineering lead for the Competitive Intelligence platform. He was responsible for handling over 50 million transactions with advanced algorithms running at scale. Puneet also served as the Vice President of Technology at Goldman Sachs, where he managed a senior technical team as part of the Technology Division. He was the global technology owner for a high-volume platform used by a large number of users that provided digitization and operation automation with the usage of Machine Learning and Analytics to improve user experience. Puneet's experience in Java stack and distributed caching is also noteworthy. Puneet holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, and an MBA from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management. He is proficient in Machine Learning, Software Engineering, and Java. Overall, Puneet has 27.22 years of relevant experience in the technology industry.