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Sanat Ahuja - Senior Software Engineering Manager (L8) in Los Angeles, CA

Sanat Ahuja

Senior Engineering Manager specializing in platform, data/ML, and identity/access systems

GoodyearUSCLos Angeles, CA16 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Senior engineering leader from Goodyear’s AndGo startup-like division who scaled the org from 12 to 30+ across pod-based teams and introduced an Architect Guild/ARD governance model. Led a 4-month Europe launch requiring AWS regional infrastructure, GDPR compliance, i18n/l10n, and new EMEA reporting pipelines, and has hands-on depth in API performance, incident response, and GraphQL/Hasura adoption to boost product velocity.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and executed business-aligned technology roadmaps with clear goals, KPIs, owners, and phased delivery
  • Led a fixed-timeline (4-month) Europe app launch including 3 new features, i18n/l10n, GDPR compliance, and an EMEA reporting pipeline
  • Scaled engineering org from 12 people / 2 teams to 30+ across 6 pods (feature pods, Data/ML, CS support, platform/infra) with EM/PM per pod
  • Established cross-team architecture governance via an Architect Guild and ARD approvals focused on reliability, scale, security, and SLAs
  • Implemented process rigor: code owners, CI/CD with biweekly releases, and dedicated 20% sprint capacity for tech debt
  • Deep i18n/l10n execution: resource-file architecture, locale-aware formatting, localization integrated into build/PR workflow, and robust QA/monitoring
  • Improved multilingual search relevance using OpenSearch language-specific analyzers
  • Effective high-stakes incident leadership: delegated incident command, contributed technically to API optimization, and managed stakeholder risk communication ahead of board meeting/enterprise demo
  • Pragmatic architecture decisions to increase velocity (Hasura/GraphQL adoption with hybrid GraphQL+REST approach)

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Experience

Senior Software Engineering Manager (L8)The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · Aug 2022 – Present
Backend Engineering LeadMyTime · Apr 2020 – Aug 2022
Sr Software EngineerRetention Science · Apr 2019 – Apr 2020
Sr Software Engineer/Software ArchitectSpokeo · Nov 2014 – Apr 2019
Lead Software EngineerRxVantage · May 2012 – Nov 2014
Software DeveloperSL Works · Feb 2010 – May 2012

Education

USCmaster, Computer Science (2009)

Languages

English

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