
Lakshmi Priya Gopalsamy
Independent Researcher & Senior Engineering Manager, Target
Lakshmi Priya Gopalsamy is a Senior Engineering Manager at Target, leading mission-critical digital commerce and platform teams across B2B systems, real-time payment authorization, data platforms, and DevEx. She builds scalable, reliable distributed systems and platform guardrails that improve resilience, observability, and developer productivity. Previously, she led enterprise product data platform modernization at Best Buy and mentors through community STEM and women-in-tech initiatives.