Kunal Modi

Kunal Modi is a Senior Software Engineer at Box, where responsibilities include building and optimizing large-scale data processing infrastructure as part of the Data Platform Foundations team. Kunal designs and manages streaming and batch ingestion pipelines utilizing BigQuery, Bigtable, Pub/Sub, and Dataflow, ensuring scalability and reliability. Previously, Kunal served as a Software Development Engineer II at Yahoo, leading backend efforts for a subscription-based model in Fantasy Sports, collaborating across multiple teams to develop and launch premium features. Earlier positions included roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at New York University, where Kunal guided students in operating systems programming, and as an Application Developer, working on projects utilizing AWS services. Kunal holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from New York University's Polytechnic School of Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.