Varun Vontimitta is a highly experienced software engineer and Partner Engineering Manager currently working at Facebook. With over 13 years of industry experience, Varun has built mobile sdk's, micro-services and cloud applications. He has also worked as a Principal Engineer at Gimbal, a Staff Engineer at Qualcomm, and a Senior Software Engineer at Keane. Varun studied for his Masters in Computer Science at San Diego State University-California State University and for his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University. At Facebook, Varun leads a team of seven Partner Engineers, working on diverse initiatives that are in varying stages of the product life cycle. His team strongly believes in scaling, automating, and making their work highly efficient, resulting in minimal job repetition. Varun thrives in building strong relationships with xfn teams, and driving alignment on new initiatives.