Nivetha Vadivel

Senior Engineering & GCC Technology Leader with 13+ years of experience driving enterprise-scale product engineering, platform modernization, cloud transformation, and distributed systems architecture across global technology organizations. Proven expertise in building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations, leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives, and delivering mission-critical enterprise platforms across SaaS, hospitality, fintech, and commerce ecosystems. Strong background in platform engineering, microservices architecture, API-first engineering, cloud-native platforms, DevOps transformation, CI/CD automation, SRE practices, production reliability, and AI-assisted engineering across high-scale enterprise environments.

Experienced in driving engineering strategy, engineering governance, operational excellence, platform modernization, and organizational scaling while leading global engineering teams and cross-functional technology initiatives. Recognized for enabling engineering transformation, improving developer productivity, strengthening platform reliability, and delivering scalable enterprise solutions aligned with business outcomes and customer experience goals across GCC and global engineering ecosystems.

Senior Engineering Manager at Marriott Tech Accelerator (2025-03 – Present)

Leading and scaling a high-performing engineering organization of 18+ engineers, tech leads, QA engineers, and cross-functional contributors, delivering enterprise-scale digital commerce platforms.

• Owning end-to-end engineering execution for large-scale, customer-facing platforms within the Shop & Book experience under the User Experience Layer (UXL).
• Driving enterprise engineering strategy in partnership with global product, architecture, and business leadership teams to support platform scalability, modernization, and customer experience transformation.
• Spearheading platform modernization initiatives, leveraging microservices architecture, GraphQL federation, API-first engineering, cloud-native platforms, and event-driven distributed systems.
• Establishing engineering governance frameworks across Agile execution, release orchestration, operational excellence, engineering quality standards, and platform reliability.
• Collaborating across platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, QA, architecture, and product organizations to strengthen engineering scalability, resilience, and delivery efficiency.
• Driving organizational maturity through engineering leadership, mentoring, delivery optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with enterprise technology objectives.
• Enabling engineering productivity transformation through AI-assisted engineering adoption, intelligent developer workflows, and modern SDLC optimization practices using GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, and Claude AI.
• Successfully delivered multiple high-visibility enterprise initiatives, supporting large-scale global digital experiences.
• Led Agile transformation and engineering process improvements, enhancing execution efficiency and cross-team collaboration.
• Directed end-to-end delivery of scalable platform capabilities, from architecture and development to production rollout.
• Strengthened engineering governance, delivery predictability, and operational maturity across distributed enterprise teams.

Software Engineering Manager at Anthology Inc (2023-03 – 2024-11)

Led and managed 21+ engineers across Development, QA, Architecture, Feature Delivery, Maintenance, Platform Engineering, and SaaS operations functions, driving enterprise-scale software delivery.

• Managed end-to-end software delivery and release management lifecycle for SaaS-based enterprise applications through strategic planning, deployment governance, cross-functional coordination, and stakeholder communication.
• Partnered with product managers, engineering leadership, and business stakeholders to align engineering execution with product strategy, customer requirements, and organizational goals.
• Drove engineering excellence through scalable software architecture, cloud-native engineering practices, code quality standards, testing strategies, and modern SDLC methodologies.
• Contributed to infrastructure modernization, deployment engineering, CI/CD enablement, platform scalability, reliability engineering, and operational efficiency initiatives across SaaS ecosystems.
• Collaborated with DevOps, infrastructure, QA, support, and operations teams to strengthen deployment stability, release predictability, production reliability, and engineering scalability.
• Fostered a culture of innovation by driving automation, AI-assisted engineering adoption, developer productivity improvements, and modern engineering practices.
• Mentored engineering teams and leaders, strengthening technical ownership, engineering maturity, delivery excellence, and cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams.
• Successfully led three enterprise engineering teams across Architecture, Feature Development, Platform Engineering, and Maintenance functions within SaaS-based enterprise platforms.
• Delivered scalable and high-quality software solutions, supporting platform modernization, operational scalability, customer satisfaction, and business growth.
• Strengthened release governance, deployment efficiency, and engineering operational maturity through modernization and platform optimization initiatives.
• Improved engineering productivity and developer efficiency through automation, AI-assisted engineering practices, and modern engineering workflow enablement.

Staff Engineer at Foodhub Software Solutions India Private Limited (2019-01 – 2023-03)

Led and managed over 15 engineers across Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Platform Modernization initiatives, supporting enterprise-scale digital platforms.

• Directed large-scale legacy API modernization and Node.js migration programs for high-volume enterprise applications.
• Partnered with engineering leadership, product stakeholders, and business teams to align platform engineering initiatives with organizational and customer experience goals.
• Drove adoption of scalable microservices, distributed systems, multi-cloud architecture, and cloud-native engineering practices to improve platform scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Contributed to platform engineering, infrastructure modernization, CI/CD enablement, deployment optimization, and engineering operational improvements across enterprise ecosystems.
• Collaborated with DevOps, infrastructure, and engineering teams to strengthen platform reliability, observability, deployment efficiency, and production stability.
• Mentored engineering teams and established best practices across architecture design, performance engineering, code quality, scalability, and engineering governance.
• Fostered a culture of innovation by driving automation, AI-assisted engineering adoption, developer productivity improvements, and modern engineering practices.
• Mentored engineering teams and leaders, strengthening technical ownership, engineering maturity, delivery excellence, and cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams.
• Led two architecture and platform engineering teams, driving enterprise API modernization and Node.js transformation initiatives.
• Designed and scaled a multi-cloud microservices platform processing over 10 million requests per day across distributed enterprise systems.
• Improved API response performance by 40% through caching strategies, performance tuning, and scalability optimization initiatives.
• Contributed to cloud infrastructure modernization and platform engineering transformation, supporting scalable and resilient enterprise platforms.
• Strengthened engineering scalability, platform reliability, and deployment efficiency through modernization and engineering optimization initiatives.
• Supported engineering modernization initiatives involving Python-based automation, AI/ML engineering exposure, and intelligent platform solutions.

Senior Software Engineer at Object Frontier Software (2015-10 – 2018-12)

• Collaborated with project managers, developers, QA teams, and customers to resolve technical challenges, and ensure stable enterprise application delivery.
• Designed and developed scalable, web-based enterprise solutions aligned with business requirements, functionality, performance, and usability expectations.
• Contributed to full-stack application development across backend engineering, frontend development, database integration, UI/UX implementation, and testing activities.
• Supported release coordination, deployment activities, production issue resolution, and engineering support processes across multiple enterprise projects.
• Worked closely with cross-functional engineering and QA teams to strengthen application quality, scalability, maintainability, and delivery efficiency.
• Participated in technology modernization initiatives, framework upgrades, engineering optimization, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Mentored junior engineers and promoted engineering best practices across development, testing, collaboration, and delivery workflows.
• Led a development POD comprising 5 engineers, supporting enterprise application development and modernization initiatives.
• Successfully managed feature delivery, technology upgrade programs, and release coordination activities across multiple projects.
• Strengthened cross-functional collaboration between development, QA, and delivery teams, improving execution efficiency and delivery quality.

Associate Software Engineer at Ahsan Technologies (2013-05 – 2015-10)

• Analyzed system configurations, application logs, and production issues to identify root causes, and support stable enterprise application delivery.
• Collaborated with business analysts, product owners, and engineering teams to deliver high-availability and business-aligned solutions for mission-critical applications.
• Contributed to full-stack web application development involving backend engineering, frontend development, database integration, testing, and production support activities.
• Worked closely with cross-functional teams to strengthen application stability, scalability, usability, and delivery efficiency across enterprise environments.
• Recognized as a Star Performer for successfully delivering POC initiatives and payment gateway implementation projects.
• Supported production issue resolution, application reliability improvements, and engineering delivery activities across multiple projects.

Trainee Programmer at Affluenz Technologies (2012-08 – 2013-05)

• Supported application development and maintenance activities across web-based enterprise applications.
• Collaborated with team members to deliver project milestones, and improve development efficiency.
• Participated in debugging, testing, and issue resolution to ensure application stability and quality.
• Successfully completed multiple project deliverables within timelines.

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Madha Engineering College