Saraj Munjal

Senior Software Engineer passionate about databases, distributed systems, infrastructure, and developer tools.

About Me

I'm an experienced Software Engineer with a Master's degree in Computer Science. While I have focused on databases in the past few years, my past work has touched upon backend platforms & infra, distributed systems, and developer tools. I'm currently based in Kirkland, Washington.

Professional Experience

Robinhood (May 2021 - Present)

Currently working at Robinhood, solving problems in the OLTP storage space. In the past few years, I have learned a lot about running Postgres at scale - with some focus on DDL schema migrations using Django and Golang clients.

Google (July 2018 - May 2021)

Previously, I was a part of Firebase at Google, helping improve the Firebase Realtime Database and Firebase Storage.

Prior to my work in the USA, I gained valuable experience at Indian startups including OfBusiness, Housing.com, and Bharti Softbank.

Education

Stony Brook University

Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering

Skills & Expertise

Database Internals • Distributed Systems • Cloud Computing • Database Management • Backend Development • API Design • Scalable Architecture • Data Structures • Algorithms