Hi, I'm Arjun

Engineering executive specialized in scaling teams, AI integration, and rapid product development. Currently SVP of Engineering at PushPress, a Series B FitnessTech startup. Formerly led engineering teams at Carta and Amazon.

Arjun Shah - Engineering Executive

Experience

15+ years of scaling engineering teams and delivering impactful products

SVP of Engineering

PushPress

San Francisco Bay Area

Leading engineering, infrastructure, and data teams (30+). Driving AI integration across products and engineering workflows. Building next-generation AI and payments platform for thousands of fitness businesses.

Engineering Director

Carta

San Francisco Bay Area

Led 12+ engineering teams across product and platform (50+ engineers). Built Fund Tax from 0 to multi-million ARR in 5 months. Scaled identity, documents, valuations, and data infrastructure services serving 30k+ startups.

Co-Founder

Wildkard

San Francisco Bay Area

Built a B2B SaaS platform for youth sports organizations. Raised $1 million in seed funding from PayPal, Airbnb, and Instagram executives. Hired and led an 8-person growth and engineering team. Successfully exited via acquisition.

Leader - Platform Architecture

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

San Francisco Bay Area

Hired and led 3 platform architecture teams working with major AWS customers like NVIDIA, Tesla, Samsung, and Twitter to build large-scale solutions on AWS. Served as Amazon Bar Raiser for technical hiring.

Director of Product Engineering

Pivotal Software, Inc.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led R&D teams building products for LA startups in crypto, media, and commerce. Implemented test-driven development and pair programming practices. Scaled agile development processes across multiple teams.

Senior Engineering Manager

T-Mobile

Greater Seattle Area

Led 4 engineering teams (60+ engineers) for core e-commerce platform serving 20M+ users. Executed major cloud migration initiative. Shipped 100+ features through multiple Black Friday launches.

Engineering Manager

Quotient Technology Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area

Hired and led an engineering team of 15. Built platform infrastructure supporting B2B retail products. Scaled systems to handle 80M+ consumers. Led technical initiatives through successful IPO.

Senior Product Manager

VMware

San Francisco Bay Area

Led product development and launch of customer success platform serving VMware's 2.2 million customers. Drove product execution across a 100+ person distributed team.

Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Greater Boston Area

Built developer infrastructure for critical services. Led on-call rotations and implemented automated monitoring solutions. Improved reliability and deployment processes.

Software Engineer

Purdue University

Lafayette, Indiana Area

Developed social network platform for athletes and sports organizations. Implemented viral growth features and local business integrations. Scaled to thousands of users.

Thought Leadership

Speaking and writing about technology and engineering leadership

PodcastThe Tech Trek2025

The CTPO: The Future of Tech Leadership

Exploring how the CPTO role is transforming traditional engineering and product boundaries, and reshaping modern software development practices.

PodcastMovingFast Tech Podcast2025

16+ Years of Silicon Valley Expertise in Scaling Tech Teams

Building and scaling engineering-led organizations in Silicon Valley.

ArticleMedium2025

Why AI Won't Flatten the Software Engineering Talent Curve

Analysis of why artificial intelligence will augment rather than replace skilled software engineers, and how it affects the engineering talent landscape.

ArticleMediumStaff Pick2024

Thinking in Maximums

Escaping the tyranny of incrementalism in product building. Featured in Medium's Daily Spotlight for challenging conventional MVP wisdom.

ArticleMedium2024

How PushPress Integrates AI into Software Development

Deep dive into how AI integration made our 26-person engineering team 40% more productive with faster reviews, more PRs, and quicker deployments.

ArticleMedium2023

Four Lessons from a First-time Founder

Insights and learnings from the journey of building and exiting a startup.

ArticleMarin Independent Journal2021

Power of Youth Sports Could Help Save the World

How youth sports and technology can rebuild communities and transform experiences.

ArticleRevised Perspective2019

So, You Want to Be a "Silicon Valley-like" Tech Leader?

Inspiring teams in one of the most intellectually demanding vocations.

ArticleBuilt to Adapt2018

Building a Silicon Valley-like Software Developer Culture

How to focus on people while reinventing enterprise IT's identity as a modern software development shop.

TalkAWS re:Invent2016

Building Enterprise Cloud Operations As a Service

How T-Mobile built and scaled cloud operations using AWS service catalogs.

Latest Thoughts

Follow my latest insights on engineering leadership and AI

Advisory Services

Strategic engineering counsel for investors and executives

Technical Due Diligence

Comprehensive evaluation of technical assets, engineering teams, and architecture for M&A and investment decisions. Experience across $1B+ transactions.

Engineering Assessment
Architecture Review
Risk Analysis
Growth Planning

AI Engineering

Strategic integration of AI and LLMs into products and engineering workflows. Expertise in building AI-powered developer tools and automated code analysis systems.

LLM Integration
Developer Productivity
AI Architecture
Workflow Automation

Portfolio Company Advisory

Strategic guidance for scaling engineering organizations from Series A to exit. Track record of leading 100+ person engineering organizations.

Organizational Design
Technical Strategy
Leadership Development
Platform Scaling

Interim Leadership

Experienced engineering executive for critical transition periods. Led multiple organizations through rapid growth and transformation.

Org Assessment
Team Building
Process Implementation
Leadership Hiring

Executive references from venture-backed startups available upon request