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Engineering Executive and Cloud Architect with expertise in Product Design, Software Architecture, and Cloud Technology who leads engineering teams to maximize productivity and foster a culture of innovation. 18+ years designing and optimizing quality, resilient, creative, scalable cloud systems and software products. Focus Areas: Design and lead resilient, scalable software solutions; Build rapid prototypes for new products and capabilities; Manage project planning, risk identification, contingency planning, and product delivery; Lead and mentor Agile teams, and improve division engagement, health, and satisfaction.
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30 June
Murali Bala, Director, Software Engineering at Capital One, discusses the importance of psychological safety emphasizing its unparalleled significance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
30 June
Murali Bala, Director, Software Engineering at Capital One, shares his experience of building a guest relationship management tool by embracing the customer-first mindset and working backward.
1 September
Murali Bala, Director, Software Engineering at Capital One, outlines how he applied a root cause analysis to fix a recurring outage of their website.
Experience
Software Engineering Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2021 - current
Contributed to AWS Global Expansion by leading teams for AWS Region Services Org. We owns a critical platform that automates and orchestrates service builds in all existing and new Regions, Availability Zones, and Local Zones. Our vision is to fully automate and enable zero-touch AWS Region builds thereby reducing the time it takes to build a region and freeing engineers to focus on building new services and capabilities.
Director of Engineering @ Capital One
Capital One
Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
• Head of software engineering agile teams for US Card Upmarket - Customer Management & Multi-user segment of business generating over 9+ Billion USD in revenue and is instrumental in contributing over 7 billion USD in overall credit exposure. • Recruit, build, and mentor full-stack engineering teams: training, engagement, and targeted development plans. • Manage and optimize operational efficiency and costs, while reducing technical debt and improving cloud security. • Partner with product owners and engineers to prioritize features for product and engineering roadmaps. • Filed 8 patents in first year with 4 approved by USPTO and 4 in-flight. • Collaborate with security team, tech leads and engineers designing and architecting applications and upgrades. • Threat Model champion, helping teams identify potential security threats to their systems or services.
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