Tathagata Das is a Staff Software Engineer at Databricks since May 2014, contributing as a core developer to Structured Streaming (Apache Spark) and Delta Lake. Tathagata has also served as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer at Databricks, where responsibilities included leading the development of Spark Streaming. Additionally, Tathagata is a Project Management Committee member for Spark at The Apache Software Foundation, demonstrating ongoing involvement in open-source projects. Academic experience includes a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a combined Bachelor and Master of Technology in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prior internships include roles at Amazon and Conviva, as well as research assistance at Microsoft Research India, focusing on system security and mobile systems.