About

Ambareesh Jayakumari is a Software Engineer at Rubrik with over 4 years of relevant experience. He is a firm believer in Deliberate Practice and Deep Work, and he is passionate about the power of good stories. Ambareesh draws inspiration from influencers like Cal Newport, Charles Duhigg, and Yuval Noah Harari. Ambareesh's technical expertise is evident from his active presence on GitHub, where he shares his projects and contributions. He also maintains a technical blog on Medium, where he shares his insights on various topics related to software engineering, machine learning, and data science. His Google Scholar profile showcases his research interests, which include distributed systems, query optimization, and machine learning workloads. Currently, Ambareesh is working as a Software Engineer at Rubrik, where he is responsible for Callisto, a metadata store built on a distributed database based on CockroachDB. Prior to this, he worked as a Software Engineer at ThoughtSpot, where he was part of the Data Platform Team and worked on Falcon, a distributed, columnar, in-memory, OLAP database. His responsibilities included query optimization, query generation, query execution, and machine learning workloads using DBMS. Ambareesh holds a Master's Degree in Machine Learning and Data Science from the University of California, San Diego - Jacobs School of Engineering. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Instrumentation and a Master's Degree in Economics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Ambareesh's technical skills include software engineering, machine learning, and research science. He is a dedicated professional with a passion for technology and a commitment to excellence.