Rahul Kalaskar

Engineering Manager at Google

Rahul Kalaskar is an Engineering Manager at Google, currently based in Bengaluru, India. He has a robust background in software development, particularly in distributed systems, having worked extensively in the e-commerce and cloud services sectors.

Professional Background

Current Role: Engineering Manager at Google since June 2020, focusing on Cloud Identity and Access Management.
Previous Experience: Prior to joining Google, Kalaskar held several significant positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), including:
- Senior Software Development Manager (January 2019 - June 2020)
- Senior Manager Software Development in the Identity Services group (October 2017 - December 2018)
- Software Development Manager for Amazon S3 (February 2014 - June 2015)

Kalaskar was a founding member of the Amazon Redshift service, contributing to its development from inception through to launch. His work involved API design, control plane architecture, and various systems related to database monitoring and security. He has also led teams at AWS to deliver critical features such as S3 Event Notifications and Server-Side Encryption with Amazon S3 Key Management (SSE-S3) .1

Education

Kalaskar holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University (2000-2002) and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore (1994-1998) .1

Skills and Interests

He has a passion for building and operating mission-critical distributed applications at scale, with a keen interest in big data and high-volume systems. Currently, he is focused on scaling core services within the eCommerce Services Group at Google .1

Experience

Engineering Manager at Google, Cloud Identity and Access Management (June 2020 - Present)

Senior Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Jan 2019 - June 2020); Senior Manager Software Development at Amazon (Oct 2017 - Dec 2018); Software Development Manager at Amazon (June 2015 - Oct 2017); Software Development Manager at AWS (Feb 2014 - June 2015); Sr Software Development Engineer at AWS (Feb 2013 - Feb 2014); Sr Software Development Engineer at Amazon Redshift (Feb 2011 - Feb 2013); Software Development Engineer at Amazon (Sep 2005 - Feb 2011); Software Engineer at Aethon (2002 - 2004); Software Engineer at Novell (1998 - 2000)

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University (2000 - 2002); Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from University of Mysore (1994 - 1998)