Meet Bhavana Shanbhag, Our New VP of Engineering

In an interview with Bhavana Shanbhag, the new VP of Engineering at RevenueCat, she discusses her leadership philosophy and vision for scaling the company's engineering team. Previously holding senior engineering roles at Reddit and Groupon, Shanbhag emphasizes the importance of building trust, practicing empathy, and maintaining open communication within teams. She joined RevenueCat due to its alignment with her skills in team building and scaling, and she appreciates the company's inclusive culture and mission to ease developers' workload by removing complexities in subscription management. Shanbhag outlines a framework for structuring engineering teams into foundational, pillar, and quest teams to ensure effective growth. She values a developer-led approach, believing it fosters innovation and involves engineers in the early stages of product development, which aligns with RevenueCat's mission to enhance developer productivity and profitability.