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Rakesh Rajan

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SVP of Engineering at Rippling
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Rakesh Rajan serves as the SVP of Engineering at Rippling, leading teams focused on HCM and Finance products. A graduate of PES University, he has a history of building high-scale consumer products and engineering teams at major companies like Uber and InMobi.

He has a track record of being part of the entire organizational lifecycle, from bootstrapping and fundraising to developing products and managing mergers and acquisitions.

Unique fact: Rakesh was instrumental in transforming the Uber app into a "super app" for daily needs and previously led product strategy at InMobi, Indias first unicorn.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
SVP of Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Future of Work
He explicitly joined Rippling to "help build the future of work," focusing on integrated workforce OS platforms that unify HR, IT, and Finance.
Building Engineering Teams
His career is centered around building and scaling high-performing engineering and product teams. His current role and posts emphasize that Rippling is actively hiring.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
SVP of Engineering
Rippling
1-2023 - 10-2025
VP of Engineering
Rippling
2020 - 2023
Head of Engineering, Uber App
Uber
2016 - 2020
Engineering Lead, Rider Experience
Uber
2014 - 2016
Director, Product Management
InMobi
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Education
2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Science - BS
PES University
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