Summary
Ankur Yadav is a senior AI-assisted engineer with a decade of experience delivering scalable software and AI-driven systems across enterprise, cloud, and startup environments. Based in San Jose, California, he currently drives AI initiatives at Walmart Global Tech while founding Wittyhat and leading a team of five to build an agent cloud with identities and cognitive abilities. His career includes impactful roles at Amazon (Alexa AI), Karat, and InTouchApp, where he worked on graph databases, recommendation systems, and interview technology, blending deep software engineering with practical ML insights. He is also the founder of The Backend Developers newsletter, reflecting a commitment to community knowledge sharing and technical mentorship. Ankur is a computer engineer and hardware hacker by training, bringing hands-on curiosity and end-to-end thinking to deliver reliable, scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Hindi, English, Gujarati, Sanskrit