About

Sharath Upadhya is an accomplished Engineering Manager with over 12 years of experience in both technical and management roles. He is currently working as an Engineering Manager at Slack, where he is responsible for managing a team of engineers and driving results. Sharath's strengths lie in building meaningful relationships and trust with his team, which has made his transition from being an engineer to managing the team very smooth and easy. He is passionate about enabling and empowering his team to do meaningful work and is known for his collaborative approach towards cross-functional partners such as product and design. Sharath has worked with some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Apple, Yahoo, and Intuit. At Apple, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer, where he was responsible for building features for Find my iPhone and Find my Friends apps on iPhone. He also designed, developed, and tested Find my Friends App APIs for Apple Watch. At Yahoo, he worked as a Tech Yahoo - Software Aps Dev Eng, where he was responsible for designing and developing various features for Personalized Ad Serving for Digital Content. He worked on Ad Serving systems that serve personalized ads for users on Yahoo property pages and also worked on refactoring/rebuilding the REST APIs used to build creatives and reporting systems for the creatives. Sharath holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from B.E. His tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer, test, and Software Engineer, and he has relevant experience of 11.95 years. Sharath is a results-driven individual who is passionate about building strong teams and enabling them to do meaningful work.