Talal Ashraf

Talal Ashraf is a Staff Software Engineer at Caldera since April 2025, with a notable background in DevOps and software engineering. Prior to this, Talal held the position of DevOps Team Lead at Interop Labs from August 2021 to April 2025, where leadership was provided over a five-member infrastructure team focused on EKS deployments and the "Chain Operations" initiative for the Axelar Chain. Previous experience includes roles as a DevOps Engineer at GrowthLoop, contributing to a big data customer segmentation platform with a multi-cloud deployment model, and as DevOps Lead at Pixlee TurnTo (now Emplifi), where efforts were directed toward enhancing infrastructure and productionalizing AI models. Talal began a career as a Full Stack Backend Developer at NortonLifeLock, working on a globally used VPN network. Academic credentials include a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto.