About

Bala Dutt is a highly experienced distributed systems engineer with a passion for building economic infrastructure for the internet and India. With over 22 years of relevant experience in the tech industry, Bala has a proven track record of delivering high-scale, mission-critical platforms for some of the biggest names in the industry. Currently, Bala works as a Staff Engineer at Stripe, where he is responsible for designing and building distributed systems that can scale to meet the needs of the company's rapidly growing user base. Prior to joining Stripe, Bala worked as a Principal Engineer at Intuit, where he was responsible for building high-scale mission-critical platforms for the company. Before that, Bala worked as an SDE III at Amazon, where he was part of the machine learning team. Bala's educational background is equally impressive. He holds a Master of Technology degree in Simulation, Optimization, and Control from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, as well as a Master of Technology degree in Data Science and Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Additionally, Bala holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from Osmania University. Bala's technical expertise is extensive and includes AI, ML, Java, and infra. He is also a skilled software engineer with experience in building distributed systems that can scale to meet the needs of large organizations. Bala is passionate about open-source software and has contributed to several projects on GitHub. His code can be found on his GitHub profile and on KickJava. Overall, Bala is a highly skilled and experienced engineer with a passion for building economic infrastructure for the internet and India. His technical expertise, combined with his experience working at some of the biggest names in the industry, make him an invaluable asset to any team.