Venkat Esakki

Venkat Esakki is a Senior Engineering Manager at Stripe since August 2021, previously serving as a Senior Staff Software Engineer/Manager at Google from January 2013 to July 2021, where Venkat led the Google Photos Platform team, focusing on infrastructure for Android/iOS apps, Backend APIs, and engineering productivity tools. Prior experience includes serving as a Sr. Computer Scientist at Adobe Systems from April 2009 to January 2013, where Venkat architected the photo storage cluster for Adobe Revel, and as a Systems Architect at Digital Chocolate from October 2007 to March 2011, where Venkat developed a scalable multi-shard architecture for the AvaPeeps virtual world. Earlier roles include Development Lead & Software Architect at mBlox Inc from June 2003 to October 2007 and Software Engineer at Mobilesys Inc from June 2000 to June 2003. Venkat holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Coimbatore Institute of Technology.