Viraj Bhalala is a skilled software engineer with extensive experience in developing and optimizing data-driven solutions. Currently working at Meta since February 2025, Viraj specializes in Ads ML Backend Compute Efficiency. Previously, as a Lead Software Engineer at Salesforce from December 2021 to February 2025, Viraj was instrumental in creating a large-scale, real-time data sync platform for Data Cloud that supports over 150,000 businesses. At Optum, from July 2016 to December 2021, Viraj contributed to healthcare data accessibility through microservices and built ML workflow pipelines using advanced technologies. Earlier experience includes a software developer internship at Prudential Financial and a data mining research assistant role at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Viraj holds a Master of Computer Science with a focus on Data Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a Business minor from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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