About

Ayushi Agarwal is a highly skilled software engineer currently working at Microsoft with around 5 years of experience in software development. She is passionate about solving problems in the area of distributed systems and databases. Ayushi has a strong development background in various programming languages such as Java, GoLang, C, Python, and Scala. Currently, Ayushi is working as a software engineer at Microsoft, where she is part of the query optimization team, focused on making Apache Spark performant. She has designed and implemented multiple SQL optimizations, including pre-aggregation, smart shuffle, and rollup aggregation, which improved Spark TPCDS performance by 30 percent. Ayushi has also contributed to open source by improving the statistics for logical operators in Spark, which increased the scope for query optimization. Before joining Microsoft, Ayushi worked as a Member of Technical Staff at Cohesity and Qubole, where she gained valuable experience in software development and honed her skills in various technologies. She has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Ayushi's technical skills include software engineering, Spark, SQL, Python, Golang, Scala, and Java. With over 6 years of relevant experience, Ayushi is a highly motivated and skilled software engineer who is passionate about solving complex problems in the field of distributed systems and databases.