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Shantha Kumari Rajendran

Director of Software specializing in AI-native full-stack and hardware software systems

Lilly TechHarvard UniversityAtlanta, GA22 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks Remote

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Engineering leader with a mix of large-scale platform experience at Microsoft and product/customer-facing work across GM, Panasonic, Acuity, and other environments. Stands out for combining people leadership with hands-on depth in accessibility, web performance at 120M+ MAU scale, and cross-functional delivery spanning enterprise permissions, e-commerce, AI, and automotive systems.

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Key Strengths

  • Led engineering organizations of up to 15 developers plus managers across geographies
  • Hands-on technical leadership in performance debugging and architecture improvement
  • Deep accessibility focus with practical screen-reader testing using JAWS and Narrator
  • Scaled web performance and reliability work for Office web apps serving 120M+ monthly active users
  • Built and led complex web application work across permissions, e-commerce, payments, and donations
  • Strong people management across hiring, mentoring, and performance improvement
  • Cross-functional stakeholder management with customers, design, product, and accessibility teams
  • Applied AI to improve unit test automation in a lean startup environment
  • Automotive product expertise translating customer needs into validated in-vehicle outcomes

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Experience

Partner DirectorLilly Tech · Apr 2026 – Present
Principal Software Engineering ManagerMicrosoft · Jan 2024 – Mar 2026
Senior Manager, Software EngineeringAcuity Brands · Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Software Engineering Group ManagerGeneral Motors · Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Staff Leader, Product ManagementPanasonic · Jan 2008 – Jan 2019
Software Engineering LeaderVisteon · Jan 2002 – Jan 2007

Education

Harvard Universitymaster, Finance

Awards

  • 3 U.S. patents

Languages

English

Certifications

SAFe 6.0 Certified Scaled AgilistStanford Advanced Project and Product ManagementMIT Sloan Executive Education: Managing Technical OrganizationsMIT Sloan Executive Education: Pricing StrategyWharton Business FoundationsDesign for Six Sigma, Black Belt (DFSS)

Publications

3 publications

Automotive softwareHUD renderingEmbedded systemsElectronics product innovation

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