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10 developer productivity engineering experts
These ten engineering leaders have led developer productivity and developer tooling work for the engineers inside the companies they worked for. A reader can learn how companies build and run developer productivity engineering from the inside.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Sharpe
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Productivity · bp
Head of Developer Productivity at bp since January 2021; the profile says this person leads developer productivity at bp, setting technical direction for 2,000 engineers and improving speed, reliability and security across the estate. Former Portfolio Owner, Enterprise Data Platforms (2019–2021) and Manager, Software Development (2012–2019) at bp.
Aravind Kannan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · eBay
Director of Software Engineering at eBay since March 2023, where the profile says this person leads the Developer Platform & Productivity Engineering organization and the company-wide Engineering Velocity initiative, enabling 3,500+ engineers. Former Senior Engineering Manager, Development at eBay (2017–2020 and 2020–2023).
Bhargav Natarajan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering Productivity · Pinterest
Former Head of Engineering Productivity at Pinterest (2017–2019), and Head of Engineering Productivity, Managing Director CCB at JPMorganChase since November 2023. Former Sr. Director Of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks (2019–2023). The profile describes turning developer infrastructure into a competitive advantage by accelerating product velocity and improving reliability.
James Curtin
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity · Stripe
Former Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity at Stripe (2022–2025), and Head of Development Tooling and Environments at Stripe since February 2025. The profile says this person is responsible for setting org strategy and design for an organization that maintains the tools in Stripe engineers' critical development path. Former Sr. Engineering Manager, Developer Platforms at Wayfair (2020–2022).
Kamran Rahmani
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering - Foundations & Developer Productivity · Asana
Vice President of Engineering - Foundations & Developer Productivity at Asana since January 2026; the profile describes building the infrastructure and AI dev tools powering Asana's velocity. Former Vice President of Engineering - Infrastructure (2024–2025), Senior Director of Engineering (2022–2024) and Director of Engineering (2021–2022) at Asana.
Murali Devakumar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Developer Productivity Engineering & CI Strategy · Informatica
Former Director, Developer Productivity Engineering & CI Strategy at Informatica (2021–2026), and former Sr. Manager, Devops and Tool Engineering (2019–2021) and Manager, Devops and Tools Engineering (2013–2019) at Informatica. Director, Software Engineering at Salesforce since March 2026.
Peter Hayes
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Developer Productivity Engineering · Pegasystems
Senior Director Developer Productivity Engineering at Pegasystems since July 2014. The profile says this person leads the Internal Development Experience Tribe of 35+ team members within the Product Engineering organization of Pegasystems, delivering software and services for 1500+ Pega developers.
Pritesh Shah
LinkedInExperience: Senior Engineering Manager. Build, CI and Quality Platform. · LinkedIn
Former "Senior Engineering Manager. Build, CI and Quality Platform." at LinkedIn (2016–2021), and former Director of Engineering at LinkedIn (2021–2025). The profile says this person enabled developer productivity and experience for 6000+ engineers by providing a Software Delivery Platform covering dev, build, test, CI, CD and insights, scaled to 45K builds and 350K CI jobs.
Sheila Wakida
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering Developer Productivity · Dropbox
Senior Director of Engineering Developer Productivity at Dropbox since October 2022; the profile refers to this person leading Dropbox's Developer Productivity Group. Senior Director of Engineering Core Systems (Engineering Operations & Enablement) at Dropbox since September 2022, and former Group Technical Program Manager at Dropbox (2018–2020).
Tao Wang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering Head of Productivity Engineering · Netskope
Senior Director of Engineering Head of Productivity Engineering at Netskope since April 2021, where the profile says this person's team is building the next generation of productivity engineering, covering CI, CD and DevX. Former Senior Director Of Engineering Head of Infrastructure at Amplitude (2018–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's role to your question: a manager who ran a build, CI or tooling team suits questions about specific systems and day-to-day tradeoffs, while a director or vice president who led a whole productivity organization suits questions about team structure, funding and how to measure engineering speed. Also ask about the number of engineers they supported, since tooling for a few hundred engineers and for several thousand calls for very different choices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you measure developer productivity, and which numbers did leadership actually act on?
- 02How did you decide which tooling, build or CI problems to fix first?
- 03How did you split ownership between the productivity team and product engineering teams?
Reaching developer productivity engineering experts
How can I contact one of these developer productivity engineering experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including bp, eBay and Pinterest, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach developer productivity engineering experts?
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