Akshay Jain

Akshay Jain is a highly experienced data engineer currently serving as a Senior Data Engineer at Yahoo, focusing on Yahoo Mail analytics since August 2024. Prior to this role, Akshay held positions such as Lead Data Engineer at Digital Turbine, where major achievements included leading a Big Data team and implementing a cost-saving partitioning strategy for Druid. Akshay's career also includes a significant tenure as a Senior Software Engineer at AdColony, leading projects that involved migrating Databricks jobs to Spark and developing a scalable web service for ad targeting. Earlier experience includes roles at Bank of America, where complex distributed systems were designed, and various positions at Intuit, Motorola Solutions, and Infosys Technologies Ltd. Akshay holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.