Software Engineering Lead
Akansha Bansal
Award-winning engineering leader with 12+ years scaling enterprise software and driving business growth through technical innovation. Currently leading initiatives at Cisco Webex to optimize performance and securely scale the platform globally.
- Grew Webex Security portfolio 50% by building fraud detection analytics and automation bots, earning Innovator of the Quarter.
- Passionate about mentoring high-potential engineers and building inclusive, world-class teams.
- Recognized for expertise optimizing system performance and scalability. Led 5X capacity increase supporting 50M+ Webex users.
- Deep experience in full-stack development and DevOps, from initial architecture through production deployment.
- Strong track record delivering complex solutions like scalable data pipelines, ML-powered analytics, and AI assistants.
- Constantly learning and staying on top of new technologies to solve pressing business challenges.
- Mission-driven with passion to leverage software engineering to connect people and make an impact on a global scale.
Let’s chat about how we can make meaningful change together! Check out projects I’m proud of on GitHub.