About

Vishal Rao is a highly skilled software engineer with over 14 years of experience in the field. He is currently working as a Staff Engineer at MariaDB Corporation, where he is a part of the SkySQL DBaaS team. Vishal is a Jack-Of-All-Trades and a master of none, with a wide range of specialties in the field of software engineering. Vishal is an expert in various technologies, including Spark, Data Science, SRE, CI/CD, Microservices, DevOps, Integration, and Infra. He has also contributed to several open-source projects and has made drive-by contributions to a few of them. Vishal's contributions can be found on GitHub, Invent KDE, and GitLab. Vishal embarked on a software engineering management journey in April 2012, where he worked as an Engineering Manager. However, he moved back to being an individual contributor in April 2017. He has worked with several companies in the past, including Symantec, where he worked as a Manager, Development, and SnappyData, where he worked as a Staff Engineer on contract. Vishal has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science (Software Engineering) from the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 2000. He also has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1998. Overall, Vishal Rao is a highly experienced software engineer with a diverse range of skills and specialties. He is a valuable asset to any team and has a proven track record of success in the field of software engineering.