Ankit Talati Email & Phone Number

Ankit Talati is a Senior Manager, Developer Productivity Platform at PayPal. He possess expertise in agile methodologies, eclipse, rest, java, sql and 23 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with Ankit as my engineering manager from June 2021 to September 2022. Throughout my time under his leadership, I was consistently impressed by his commitment to the engineering team's success. Ankit's priority was always to protect the team, ensuring that we could work without distractions and at our most productive. He also went above and beyond to give us opportunities to work in areas that aligned with our interests, encouraging us to experiment with new ideas and push the boundaries of our capabilities. Under Ankit's leadership, our team achieved outstanding results and delivered innovative solutions to complex problems. The product we worked on was heavy on the web client. Despite having the majority of engineering experience on the back-end and API services, Ankit quickly took up the challenge and onboarded himself. He has my utmost respect and admiration for his ability to balance technical and business objectives, ensuring that our projects were delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Despite the challenges posed by remote work, Ankit was able to keep the team spirit elevated and maintain a positive work environment. In addition, he was always available to listen to our concerns and provide guidance and support when needed. I highly recommend Ankit as a valuable asset to any organization. He possesses exceptional technical knowledge, strong leadership skills, and a dedication to delivering the best possible outcomes." and "I have had the pleasure of working with Ankit for more than 5 years now and I can say that he is one of the most passionate and intelligent engineers I have known. Ankit worked in my organization and I was able to assign him to extremely complex problems and watch as he diligently worked through the process of problem solving, strategy development and execution. I was able to give him guidance and see that he learned from it and developed as a lead engineer. I strongly recommend Ankit if you are looking for someone with strong technical, execution and leadership skills in your organization."

Listed skills include Agile Methodologies, Eclipse, Rest, Java, and 24 others.

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  Senior Manager, Developer Productivity Platform

  Paypal

  Jul 2021 - Present - Austin, Texas, United States

  Developer Productivity Platform (DPP) enables accelerated & federated development of developer tools, services, & processes (50+ experiences for software engineers, data scientists/analysts, UI/UX engineers, etc.) with unified experience which in-turn accelerates software development/deployment boosting developer productivity & engagement for 8000+ PayPal engineers & data scientists managing 4000+ production apps.• Lead a growing team across 3 locations (U.S, India, Guatemala). • Acted as a primary owner for collaborative development and communication of evolving platform vision that aligns with Organizational goals & Key Results, Roadmap Planning & Delivery. DPP is among the Top-5 PayPal initiatives for achieving PYPL brand (Venmo, BT, etc.) & technology convergence for increased developer productivity.• Lead the delivery of key platform initiatives like Self-serviced application lifecycle management (ALM: Creation->Deployment, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management), Code-Content decoupling, Unified Documentation, Notifications & Support, AI based Knowledge Search, Developer Events Processing System, & Onboarding Open-source experiences from backstage.io• Delivered on developer productivity objectives based on DORA & SPACE metrics, CSAT score and employee engagement/satisfaction with developer tools • Delivered on comprehensive talent management strategies that aligns with organizational goals & leadership principles to create a culture of customer focused mindset, employee engagement, development & career growth, innovation, high performance, & succession planning.