Hi, I'm Kanishk Jethi - Senior SRE Manager & Site Lead at Google
I thrive on bridging the gap between startup agility and enterprise resilience. My passion lies in building high-performance engineering cultures and robust systems, transforming challenges into scalable, reliable solutions that drive real-world impact.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Secured Series A funding and drove unit economics in early-stage startups.
Leads cross-functional Product and SRE charters across multiple global sites at Google.
Can help organizations scale engineering teams and modernize resilient systems.
🚀 Career trajectory
Startup + Large Scale Distributed Systems Foundations
7 years in Akamai building large scale reliable systems serving 20% of the WWW traffic followed by 9 years experience in early-stage startups, securing Series A funding and driving unit economics, gaining foundational experience in agile environments.
✦ Startup
✦ Unit Economics
✦ Early Stage
✦ large scale distributed systems
✦ Reliability availability scalability
Enterprise Scaling
Transitioned to FAANG-tier companies, focusing on scaling engineering organizations and building resilient systems at a global level.
✦ FAANG
✦ Scale
✦ Enterprise
Leadership at Scale
Currently leading cross-functional Product and SRE charters as a Manager of Managers at Google, driving modernization and global impact.
✦ Manager of Managers
✦ Global Impact
💪🏻 Superpowers
Scaling Engineering Dynamos
Building and growing high-impact engineering sites from inception.
✦ Grew engineering sites from the ground up, hiring and mentoring over 100 engineers.
✦ Fostered cultures of innovation, trust, and psychological safety.
✦ Successfully scaled teams to meet enterprise-level demands.
Legacy Modernization Maverick
Transforming ailing portfolios and outdated systems into resilient powerhouses.
✦ Turned around high-attrition, high-burn environments into efficient teams.
✦ Modernized legacy monoliths into scalable, cloud-native architectures.
✦ Pioneered AI agents to reduce on-call toil and improve developer productivity.
Resilient Systems Architect
Ensuring 'five-nines' availability and driving direct business outcomes.
✦ Specializes in SRE for mission-critical global services.
✦ Architected Zero-Trust security models and revolutionized billing systems.
✦ Drives engineering outcomes that directly impact the bottom line.
I'm excited about
✦ Connecting with leaders focused on building scalable, resilient systems.
✦ Exploring innovative approaches to developer productivity and AI integration.
✦ Finding opportunities to mentor and grow emerging engineering talent.
I can help with
✦ Advising on organizational design for scaling engineering teams.
✦ Sharing strategies for modernizing legacy systems and improving reliability.
✦ Providing insights on fostering psychological safety and high-performance cultures.
I would love your help on
✦ Connections to individuals pioneering novel AI/ML operational frameworks.
✦ Introductions to companies undergoing significant digital transformation.
✦ Insights into emerging trends in distributed systems architecture.