Viren Baraiya

Viren Baraiya has over 20 years of work experience in various roles. Viren began their career as a Graduate Engineer Trainee at L&T Chiyoda Ltd in 1998. Viren then moved to Scandent Group, Singapore as a Sr. Software Engineer in 2000. In 2004, they joined NovaCITYNETS Pte Ltd, Singapore as a Programmer/Analyst. Viren then moved to Crimsonlogic Pte Ltd, Singapore in 2005 as a Software Engineer and was a project lead for developing SOA based web services management products. In 2006, they joined Patni Computers Inc as a Software Specialist and worked for Genworth Financials with the Employee Benefits Group. Viren then moved to McGraw-Hill Companies in 2007 as a Lead Software Engineer and reported to the Vice President of the higher education group. In 2010, they joined Goldman Sachs as a Vice President/Engineering Manager and lead the development of a distributed reporting products and its infrastructure operations for Prime Brokerage, Future and Risk business. In 2015, they joined Netflix as an Engineering Manager and Senior Software Architect and managed the Content Infrastructure team. In 2018, they joined Google as an Engineering Leader and lead & managed Firebase Predictions engineering. Viren is currently a Co-Founder & CTO at Orkes.

Viren Baraiya completed a Bachelor in Engineering from Gujarat University in 1998, and a B.E. in Computer Science from Dharmsinh Desai University in the same year.