Kartik R is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in scaling consumer products at major tech companies like Venmo, Yelp, Google, and Yahoo. They have operated at the Director level in both individual contributor and people management roles, demonstrating a customer-first approach to development. Kartik co-founded Kidzhhut and has been a part of several startups, gaining insights from both successes and failures. Currently, they serve as an Engineering Leader at Character.AI and Lambda, focusing on high-scale backend, data, and AI/ML systems while advocating for empathetic leadership and collaborative innovation. Kartik holds a degree from the University of Illinois.
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