Shanmukh Sista
About Shanmukh Sista
Shanmukh Sista is a Principal Engineer at Veza in Ontario, Canada, with extensive experience in software engineering and data analytics.
Current Role at Veza
Shanmukh Sista is currently working as a Principal Engineer at Veza in Ontario, Canada. His role involves focusing on governance around data and leveraging his extensive experience in building applications for behavioral analytics and online experimentation. He utilizes his expertise in writing microservices and data pipelines to support analytical solutions.
Professional Experience at lululemon
Shanmukh Sista worked as a Staff Engineer at lululemon from 2022 to 2024, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During his tenure, he gained valuable experience in working on various engineering projects that likely enhanced his technical and leadership skills. His role involved contributing to the development of technical strategies and solutions aligned with the company's objectives.
Tenure at PayPal
Shanmukh Sista held multiple roles at PayPal from 2016 to 2022 in San Jose, California and the San Francisco Bay Area. He started as a Software Engineer 2 and progressed to Software Engineer 3, Member Of Technical Staff 1, and finally to Member of Technical Staff 2 - Senior Software Engineer. He was involved in developing algorithms and microservices for AB Testing, Funnel Testing, and traffic ramping. Additionally, he led several big data movement projects and focused on machine learning and automated experimentation capabilities.
Educational Background
Shanmukh Sista graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Master's Degree in Computer Science, specializing in Big Data science and machine learning, from 2014 to 2016. He also achieved a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from SRKNEC from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that, he attended BVM from 1996 to 2005.
Early Career and Internships
Shanmukh Sista began his career with an internship at LexisNexis as a Research and Development Intern in 2015. He also worked as an Informational & Emerging Technologies Developer and a Graduate Student at Indiana University Bloomington from 2014 to 2016. His early roles include working as a Web Developer for Freelance in 2014, a Systems Engineer at Infosys from 2012 to 2014, and as a Trainee at InfoCepts in 2010.
Special Projects and Volunteer Work
Shanmukh Sista has participated in the Yelp Dataset Challenge and Microsoft Malware Classification Challenge during his graduate studies. He also volunteers and contributes to backend development at Kindkart. Throughout his career, he has specialized in building applications for behavioral analytics and online experimentation at scale, and has extensive experience in writing microservices and data pipelines for analytical solutions.