Virajith J. is an experienced software engineer and leader in the field of computer science. Notable positions include Senior Software Engineering Manager and Staff Software Engineer/Tech Lead at LinkedIn, as well as Senior Scientist and Scientist at Microsoft. Virajith J. has also contributed to the Apache Software Foundation as an Apache Hadoop Committer and served as a Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.