Engineering Leader, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Engineering @ Facebook Startup Advisor/Consultant @ Self Employed Provided engineering leadership advise/consulting to startups at various stages. From March 2020 to May 2020 (3 months) VP/Head of Engineering @ LendUp Lead and grew the engineering team by 7.5x (10->75) for this mission driven financial services company. As part of executive team, helped grow the company revenue by...
Engineering @ Facebook Startup Advisor/Consultant @ Self Employed Provided engineering leadership advise/consulting to startups at various stages. From March 2020 to May 2020 (3 months) VP/Head of Engineering @ LendUp Lead and grew the engineering team by 7.5x (10->75) for this mission driven financial services company. As part of executive team, helped grow the company revenue by 7x ($13M->$90M) and raise 2 rounds of funding. Launched a best in class credit card product. From December 2014 to November 2017 (3 years) San Francisco, CASVP/Head of Engineering, Tribune Digital Ventures @ Tribune Company Helped launch TDV. Built a team of 50+ engineers spread across Bay Area and Bangalore, India within 6 months. Conceptualized, prototyped and launched Newsbeat, a personalized news radio app on iOS and Android. From August 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaEIR @ Foundation Capital Explored some startup ideas and helped fellow entrepreneurs. From January 2013 to July 2013 (7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Director of Engineering - Web Search @ Yahoo! Led global team of engineers building web, vertical and mobile search products for 40+ international markets, serving 200M+ queries/day, powering > 50% of company revenue. From 2010 to 2012 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaDirector of Engineering - Web Search @ Yahoo! From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Engineering Manager @ Yahoo! From 2004 to 2007 (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Software Engineer @ Yahoo! Inc. From 1999 to 2003 (4 years) San Francisco Bay AreaVP of Engineering, PaaS @ Oracle Led a globally distributed engineering team responsible for building a best in class low code platform for integrating enterprise applications and automating business processes. From January 2018 to February 2020 (2 years 2 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Engineering
Self Employed
Startup Advisor/Consultant
March 2020 to May 2020
LendUp
VP/Head of Engineering
December 2014 to November 2017
San Francisco, CA
Tribune Company
SVP/Head of Engineering, Tribune Digital Ventures
August 2013 to November 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
Foundation Capital
EIR
January 2013 to July 2013
San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo!
Senior Director of Engineering - Web Search
2010 to 2012
San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo!
Director of Engineering - Web Search
2008 to 2010
San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo!
Senior Engineering Manager
2004 to 2007
San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo! Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
1999 to 2003
San Francisco Bay Area
Oracle
VP of Engineering, PaaS
January 2018 to February 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
What company does Lalit Kumar work for?
Lalit Kumar works for Facebook
What is Lalit Kumar's role at Facebook?
Lalit Kumar is Engineering
What industry does Lalit Kumar work in?
Lalit Kumar works in the Information Technology and Services industry.
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Lalit Kumar's colleagues are Spencer Simonsen, Cari Wellstone, Zach Segal, Sidney Quitorio, Sara Cray, Tom Wilson, George Lewis, Matthew Millado, Mariel McClenahan, and Mariam Rajabi
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