Rajesh Balamohan

Rajesh Balamohan is an experienced software engineer currently working at Waii, focusing on developing a text-to-SQL product that enhances query accuracy and performance using various AI techniques. Previous roles include Principal Engineer II at Cloudera, where Rajesh optimized Apache Iceberg across multiple stacks, and Data Engineering at Uber, leading a batch SQL analytics platform at a massive scale. As a Principal Performance Engineer at both Atlassian and Hortonworks, Rajesh implemented significant performance tuning strategies and cost-saving measures in cloud environments. Other relevant experience includes roles at Intuit, Yahoo, RSA Security, Sonoa, and BEA Systems, spanning over 18 years in performance engineering and optimization within big data technologies. Rajesh holds a B.E in Computer Science from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.