Gautham Acharya

Gautham Acharya is a skilled software engineering professional with a strong background in developing innovative technology for neuroscience and data processing. Currently serving as Software Engineering Lead at Neuralink since March 2021, Gautham is involved in building ultra-high bandwidth brain-computer interfaces and managing a diverse engineering team. Prior to this role, Gautham worked at the Allen Institute for Brain Science as Software Development Engineer III, focusing on creating a cloud-native backend platform for neuroscience data integration. Gautham's earlier experience includes roles at Microsoft, where contributions were made to both the Office 365 eDiscovery Platform and the Anti-Spam team. Gautham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned in 2015.