About

Rushy Panchal is a highly skilled software engineer with a focus on distributed systems and networking. He is currently working at Airbnb as an Infra Engineer, where he is responsible for building and scaling the company's next-generation service mesh. Prior to this, Rushy worked on optimizing and improving the resilience of Airbnb's legacy service discovery system, SmartStack. Rushy has also gained valuable experience through internships at Bridgewater Associates and Facebook. At Bridgewater Associates, he built a malware analysis pipeline to provide threat intelligence for the security department. At Facebook, he worked on identifying and optimizing hotspots in a data indexing backend, resulting in performance gains for common query patterns. Rushy's educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science from Princeton University, where he graduated in 2019. He also holds a Highschool Diploma from Dwight-Englewood School. With 3.78 years of relevant experience, Rushy has developed a strong skill set in software engineering, infrastructure, and backend development. He is a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual who is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex problems.