Vikram Gundeti

Vikram Gundeti leads engineering as Foursquare’s Chief Technology Officer, overseeing technical strategy and work on its geospatial platform. He previously worked at Amazon, where he was an early engineer on the Alexa voice assistant, and at Foursquare helped retool the software stack, rebuild the Places Engine and Attribution software, and develop the Foursquare Graph.

Career

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Foursquare

Chief Technology Officer
Aug 2024 — Present
Distinguished Engineer & Technical Advisor to the CEO
Jan 2024 — Aug 2024
Seattle, Washington, United States
VP/Distinguished Engineer
Dec 2021 — Jan 2024

Amazon

Principal Engineer, Alexa Proactive Experience
Jan 2020 — Dec 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Principal Engineer, Alexa Orchestration Engine
Sep 2018 — Jan 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Principal Engineer, Alexa Communications
Oct 2016 — Sep 2018
Seattle, Washington, United States
SDE, Global Financial Systems
Jan 2010 — Nov 2011
Seattle, Washington, United States

Teradata

Jan 2004 — Jan 2006

Software Engineer

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Bachelor's studies

Products & media

foursquare.com

FSQ Faces: Vikram Gundeti, Chief Technology Officer

A conversation about modernizing Foursquare’s software stack, improving developer productivity, and building its location-data infrastructure.

Media appearance

aws.amazon.com

Build a location-aware agent using Amazon Bedrock Agents and Foursquare APIs

A coauthored technical walkthrough of combining Foursquare location data, weather information, and Amazon Bedrock Agents for contextual recommendations.

Writing

mapscaping.com

Spatial Knowledge Graphs

A podcast conversation about geospatial knowledge graphs, Foursquare’s location platform, and his transition from Alexa engineering to geospatial technology.

Media appearance