Rahul Jain

About Rahul Jain

Highly experienced technical research and product development professional with 20+ years of expertise in Computer Architectures, Applied Machine Learning, Database and Data Analytics Acceleration, and EDA Software Backend Optimizations. A Ph.D. in Computer Architectures from IIT-Delhi with Intel Labs and recognized with a \"Best Ph.D. Thesis\" Award, holds multiple publications and patents. Skilled in driving innovation, managing projects, and delivering market-leading solutions. Proven track record of translating complex concepts into practical products, staying ahead of technological advancements, and contributing to company growth. Committed to pushing the boundaries of technology and making a significant impact in the field.

Experience

1. Lead Database Performance Engineer

   Salesforce

   Jan 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Investigating the use of on-chip accelerators and system-level optimisations to advance the performance of Salesforce’s proprietary database platform based on PostgreSQL, drawing on my background in computer architecture and database systems research.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering

  2014 — 2017

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  M.Tech, VDTT (Dept of Computer Science)

  2004 — 2006

• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

  B.Tech, Information Technology

  1999 — 2003

• The Air Force School

  AISSE, Science

  1988 — 1999

Skills

• Debugging
• Data Structures
• Big Data
• Cloud Computing
• Web Applications
• Aws Sqs
• Distributed Systems
• Aws S3
• Elasticsearch
• Microprocessors
• Design Patterns
• Compiler Optimization
• C
• Linux
• Simulations
• Ec2
• Software Development
• Python
• Reinforcement Learning
• Aws Simpledb
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Ooad
• Java
• Machine Learning
• Fpga
• Algorithms
• Solr
• C++