Digital Platforms Architect of the year

Narendra With over 16 years of experience in Software engineering, Narendra has led high-performing teams at globally renowned companies like Walmart, Sam’sClub, Zalando(Germany), T-Mobile, Akamai, Google. as Senior Engineering manager of Core Platform Engineering, Narendra plays a pivotal role in driving digital transformation across industries.

Narendra led the development of Inventory Platform, a transformative initiative that integrates signals from across retail operations to provide real-time, accurate inventory computations using AI and advanced corrections algorithms. helping to reduce shrink, ensuring products are always available for customers, contributing to increased revenue. Narendra architected GraphQL-federation, a game-changing solution that has transformed how data is accessed across the organization. This powerful platform enables teams to independently develop and manage their own GraphQL schemas while seamlessly integrating into a unified API, resulting in unparalleled scalability and flexibility.
The Communications Platform has revolutionized internal store operations by empowering over 100 services to efficiently target and engage associates through Push, SMS, Email, and RCS notifications. This platform plays pivotal role in optimizing work scheduling, compliance, and task management, enabling associates to perform their jobs with greater efficiency. Emergency contact center provides real-time communication in critical situations, helping save lives and ensuring swift coordination between associates and retailers during emergencies. Recently it played a critical role in Hurricane Helene and Milton.

Narendra's active participation in industry events like the Globe_Awards, TSA, Business_Intelligence_Group, Telly_Awards shows commitment and expertise. Narendra has delivered numerous technical presentations. He has also written technical papers also written books on “Distributed systems” which is due to publish.

Narendra's influence in system design community is immense, with over 160,000 followers on YouTube, 12000+ Followers on LinkedIn and Thousands of followers on medium He teaches skills to building efficient, scalable and reliable software systems which are not taught anywhere else. He was recognized as top LinkedIn leadership voice in 2024. ChatGPT also recognizes Narendra’s work when asked the question “Who is the best teacher for System design videos”

In 2024, Narendra was honored with prestigious awards
1) Global Recognition Award
2) International achievers Award
3) Global Leaders Award