Legacy as a Launchpad: How Yahoo Mail is Undergoing a Product and Engineering Transformation · WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America

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How does an internet “OG” reinvent its product for the AI era? Yahoo Mail SVP of Engineering, Nikhil Gandhi, shares the behind the scenes story of modernizing an iconic legacy platform that serves hundreds of millions of users across the world. Join this fireside chat to understand how Yahoo Mail is bringing on top product and engineering talent to tackle unique, high-level technical challenges. From tackling a historic, 500 petabyte cloud migration to solving system-design and scale problems, learn what it truly takes to engineer solutions at a complex scale.

Speaker

Nikhil Gandhi

SVP of Engineering · Yahoo Mail

SVP of Engineering at Yahoo Mail

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Nikhil Gandhi is the Senior Vice President of Engineering for Yahoo Mail, where he oversees global engineering, product, and design for one of the world’s largest consumer communication platforms. He oversees a global team, leading technical strategy and execution across core messaging infrastructure, AI-driven experiences, spam and safety systems, and platform modernization, while driving user growth, engagement, and monetization. His organization also supports critical priorities including privacy, data governance, security, and global infrastructure at scale. Prior to Yahoo, Nikhil was Head of Engineering for Ads Platform at TikTok, responsible for monetization systems powering a significant share of revenue, including creator tools and in-app commerce. He previously held leadership roles at Meta, scaling the Ads Experience organization globally, and spent a decade at Apple helping grow the Apple Online Store into a multi–tens of billions business while leading global engineering for Apple.com. A deeply technical leader, he combines strong product and platform instincts with a track record of building high-performing global teams and delivering complex systems at scale.