Dilip Saha Profile
Dilip Saha
Engineering Transformation Advisor · VP Engineering · Berlin
Biography

Executive technology leadership across AI, platform engineering, and operating model transformation

I am an executive technology leader and advisor with 20+ years of experience leading engineering, platform, AI, and digital transformation across SaaS, e-commerce, industrial technology, and cloud-native systems.

Across Aiven, HelloFresh, Honeywell, and Bosch, I have led global engineering organizations of up to 200+ people and driven work spanning AI adoption, platform modernization, developer productivity, reliability, and operational scaling.

Career

Work experience

A leadership journey across platform engineering, AI-enabled product development, enterprise transformation, and global engineering execution.

Jan 2026 - Present

Vice President of Engineering

Aiven

Leading engineering across Control Plane, Platform Services, and Production Engineering (SRE) on AWS, GCP, Azure, and DigitalOcean.

  • Defined engineering excellence metrics and operational strategy
  • Presented the Aiven platform roadmap to strategic customers at the Customer Advisory Board
  • Reorganized the platform domain into focused product teams with clear ownership, accelerating roadmap delivery
Dec 2021 - Dec 2025

Senior Director of Engineering

HelloFresh

Led engineering for the shopping journey across mobile apps and the global website with cloud-native backend systems.

  • Drove AI-powered personalization and experimentation at global scale
  • Improved delivery performance, reliability, and customer experience outcomes
  • Built and scaled high-performing engineering teams across product domains
2021

Senior Director of Engineering

Honeywell

Led software engineering for Honeywell Forge with a focus on large-scale product transformation and delivery effectiveness.

  • Led 200+ engineers across multiple geographies
  • Improved delivery ratio and engineering productivity through structured transformation
  • Standardized engineering excellence practices across teams
2018 - 2020

Head of Advanced Engineering

Bosch

Led advanced engineering initiatives spanning blockchain, AI, and strategic innovation programs.

  • Spearheaded blockchain governance standards
  • Developed multiple blockchain- and AI-based innovation solutions
  • Influenced industry standards for blockchain products
2016 - 2018

Head of Global Engineering

Bosch

Led globally distributed engineering teams across Germany, Sweden, India, and Malaysia.

  • Reduced R&D costs by 20%
  • Increased cross-functional collaboration efficiency
  • Strengthened distributed engineering execution across regions
2013 - 2016

Head of Product Management

Bosch - India & ASEAN

Led product strategy and commercial growth for connected mobility and IoT initiatives.

  • Secured $300M from global OEMs
  • Won the CES 2017 Product Innovation Award
  • Launched IoT-based two-wheeler connectivity solutions
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Ready to make AI measurable in your engineering organization?

If AI expectations, platform complexity, or delivery pressure are rising, I can help you diagnose the operating model constraints and define a practical path forward.

Based in
Berlin, Germany
Works with
European & global clients
Response time
Within 48 hours
Languages
English · German (B1)