Purusoth Mahendran is a Senior Engineering Manager at Thumbtack, where he leads AI-powered initiatives transforming how customers describe and solve home service problems through innovative intelligent systems. Previously, he scaled Amazon's returns platform from hundreds of millions to billions in processing volume and led efforts that improved the quality of metadata in Amazon Music's catalog containing millions of tracks. At Cash App, he led critical integration efforts following Block's acquisition of Afterpay. Purusoth specializes in building high-performing engineering teams, implementing AI solutions at scale, and mentoring emerging leaders through structured development programs.