About

Sanooj Padmakumar is a dynamic and results-driven Engineering Manager with over 17 years of extensive experience in delivering development projects. He has a consistent track record of delivering products and leading global teams with a collaborative approach. Sanooj thrives on solving complex customer challenges and building high-performance teams with a culture of innovation. Currently, Sanooj is an Engineering Manager at Google, where he leverages his expertise in Big Data architecture, distributed systems architecture, and Agile methodologies. He is responsible for managing a team of engineers and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products. Previously, Sanooj worked at Ericsson, where he held various senior management positions. As a Senior Manager at Global AI Accelerator (GAIA), he managed a team of data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts responsible for creating data-driven, intelligent, and robust systems for automation, evolution, and growth. At Ericsson(MediaKind), he managed the data analytics team for the MediaFirst engagement, where his team built data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Elastic Search & Logstash. They also developed recommendation engines using machine learning algorithms that provide meaningful recommendations and built in-house analytics portals using Angular 4. Sanooj's educational background includes a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the College of Engineering, Adoor. He also holds a Pre-Degree from Maharaja's College, Kochi, and an SSLC from Ambalamedu High School. Sanooj's technical expertise includes Senior Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Microservices, AI, ML, Big Data, Spark, Elastic Search, Kafka, Search, UI, and AngularJS. With his relevant experience of 17.88 years, Sanooj is a valuable asset to any organization that values innovation, collaboration, and timely delivery of high-quality products.