Akshat Bhatia

Akshat Bhatia currently serves as the Director of Engineering at Databricks, beginning September 2024. Prior to this role, Akshat held various positions at Airbnb from 2017 to October 2024, including leadership of the Developer Infrastructure organization and management of teams focused on Airbnb Plus, emphasizing growth and onboarding technology. Previous experience includes roles as a Senior Software Engineer on the Growth team at LinkedIn (2015-2017), a Software Engineer specializing in revenue analysis at Twitter (2014-2015), and a Software Development Engineer for the Core Compute team at Microsoft (2009-2014), where contributions were made to Windows Azure cloud services. Akshat's early career includes a Graduate Assistant position at the University of Florida, software internships at Intel and Tata Consultancy Services, and an educational background with a Master's in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and a Bachelor's in Information and Communication Technology from DAIICT.