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Shailesh Kumar

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Senior Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Shailesh Kumar is the SVP of Engineering at Salesforce, leading the Commerce & Retail Cloud. He has a distinguished career scaling global engineering teams and driving product innovation at high-growth companies like ClickUp, MuleSoft, and Tableau. He earned his B. Tech from the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad.

Outside of his executive role in technology, Shailesh has a passion for woodworking. This hands-on, creative pursuit offers a contrast to his career focused on building large-scale software platforms and leading global engineering organizations.

Unique fact: He is a passionate woodworker.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Agentic Commerce
He is currently leading Salesforce's push into the next era of commerce innovation, focusing on AI agents and next-generation retail technology to transform the buyer journey.
Scaling Engineering Teams
A core theme in his career, he has scaled technology organizations 3x at previous companies and frequently discusses his pragmatic approach to growing global teams.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Salesforce
7-2024
Technical Advisor
hyperexponential
8-2021 - 8-2024
SVP and Head of Engineering
ClickUp
9-2018 - 8-2021
VP of Engineering
MuleSoft
2-2017 - 9-2018
Director Of Product Development
Tableau Software
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Education
2000 - 2004
B.Tech
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)
1998 - 2000
SSE
Delhi Public School, Bokaro
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