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10 Best Buy engineering leaders
These ten Best Buy engineering leaders hold director and senior director engineering roles at Best Buy, covering platforms, checkout, payments, data and retail infrastructure. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Best Buy from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10David Souza
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Best Buy
Senior Director of Engineering at Best Buy since March 2025, working remotely from Hawaii. Other Best Buy roles shown are Director Of Engineering (2022–2025), Associate Director of Engineering (2020–2022), Senior Engineer (2018–2020) and Sr. Engineering Manager (2016–2018).
Karthick Srinivasamoorthy
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Data Engineering · Best Buy
Director Of Data Engineering at Best Buy since October 2024. The profile also lists Associate Director Engineering at Best Buy since 2021; other Best Buy roles shown are Senior Software Engineering Manager (2018–2022) and Engineering Lead (2016–2018), and another role shown is Search Technical Lead at Javen Technologies, Inc. (2014–2016).
Mark Esser
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director of Platforms · Best Buy
Engineering Director of Platforms at Best Buy since May 2026, a role the profile describes as responsible for the foundational technology behind the company's e-commerce and retail operations. Other Best Buy roles shown are Associate Director Cloud & Platforms (2021–2024), Senior Manager (2019–2021), Staff Engineer (2017–2019) and Infrastructure Engineer (2014–2017).
Rajarajan Sampath
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Best Buy
Director of Engineering at Best Buy since March 2023, leading the transformation of order processing experiences, including a move away from an older monolithic stack, according to the profile. Other Best Buy roles shown are Associate Director (2021–2023) and Senior Engineering Manager - Applications (2012–2021); another role shown is progressive positions on Best Buy work at Wipro (2002–2011).
Russ Schaefer
LinkedInExperience: Sr Engineeing Director · Best Buy
Sr Engineering Director at Best Buy since October 2024, leading a team of more than 150 IT professionals who design, build and support IT hardware and infrastructure, including retail engineering, infrastructure, deployment and interactive technology design, according to the profile. Another Best Buy role shown is IT Director (1998–2024).
Ryan Mendoza
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Best Buy
Director of Engineering at Best Buy since March 2023, a role the profile places at Director level in engineering and technical, based in Richfield, Minnesota. Other Best Buy roles shown are Associate Director Engineering (2021–2023), Senior Engineering Manager (2020–2021), Engineering Lead (2018–2020) and Lead Application Developer (2014–2018).
Ryan Schmidt
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Accelerator Engineering · Best Buy
Director, Digital Accelerator Engineering at Best Buy since January 2023, focused on building platforms that use emerging technologies according to the profile. The profile also lists Director, Digital Product & Engineering at Best Buy since 2018; other Best Buy roles shown are Associate Director, Digital Engineering & Product Management (2018) and Associate Director, Digital Engineering (2016–2018).
Sree Pillai
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering - Financial Services & Payments · Best Buy
Director Of Engineering - Financial Services & Payments at Best Buy since November 2020, leading payments engineering teams across in-store and online channels for multiple geographies according to the profile. Other roles shown are MAG Executive Tech Board Member at the Merchant Advisory Group (2021–2023) and Associate Director - Technology Delivery, Retail & Payments at Accenture (2019–2020).
Vaibhav Pratap Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Best Buy
Director of Engineering at Best Buy since April 2024, responsible according to the profile for e-commerce cart and checkout and in-store transacting solutions. Other Best Buy roles shown are Associate Director (2022–2024) and Senior Engineering Manager (2019–2022); other roles shown are Solutions Architect Manager (2017–2019) and Application Development Associate Manager (2015–2017) at Accenture.
Vikas Chejara
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Best Buy
Director of Engineering at Best Buy since February 2026, leading engineering for Best Buy's Retail Media Network and its cloud-native platforms for advertising delivery, partner integrations and measurement, according to the profile. Other roles shown are Senior Technology Leader (2023–2026) and Technical Delivery Lead and Automation Architect on Best Buy work (2017–2026) at Accenture.
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Match the person's area, such as checkout and payments, order management, platforms and cloud, data engineering, retail media or store infrastructure, to the question you are bringing. Look at how long the person has held the current role when your question is about recent changes.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large retailer modernize order processing away from older monolithic systems?
- 02How do retail engineering teams build checkout and payments that work both online and in stores?
- 03How does a retailer build the engineering platform behind a retail media advertising business?
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