Kahnan Patel

Kahnan Patel is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in the technology sector. Currently serving as VP of Engineering at Harness since March 2025, Patel previously held key engineering leadership roles at LinkedIn from April 2020 to March 2025, where notable achievements included the development of a Next-Gen Multi-Dimensional Metrics Platform for real-time observability. Prior roles include Senior Director of Engineering at AppDynamics and Software Architect at Devicescape, where responsibilities included building a robust cloud service platform. Patel also has experience as Lead Backend Software Engineer at uTest, contributing to a SaaS crowd-sourcing platform. An academic foundation in computer science was established with a Master of Science degree from Florida Institute of Technology.