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Meera Tara Gupta

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Principal Engineer at Quarry Learning | ex-Adobe

Works at
Quarry Learning
Location
Nashville, TN · CT (UTC-6)
Experience
14+ years experience
Education
Arizona State University
Languages
English

Overview

I've spent 19 years on distributed databases - first at Verizon, now at Quarry Learning. Moved 81% of storage traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Mentored 5 engineers through their first promotion. Before that: Adobe and Visa. Travel slowly, usually by train.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in healthcare
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Questions about healthcare
Please don't message about
  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
Skills
RocksDBC++performance engineeringRaftlow-latency systemsRust
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in fintech, Nashville or hybrid

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Fintech, Logistics
Work mode
On-site
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the TN
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on Raft with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

19 years in distributed databases. Strongest at Rust and Raft. Available immediately.

Nashville, TN · remote OKperformance engineeringc++raft

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Aug 2023 - Present
    Quarry Learning · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Backed 22 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 6 boards.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Feb 2021 - Aug 2023
    Adobe · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Wrote the C++ service that now handles 85 million requests a day.
  3. Staff Software Engineer
    Sep 2017 - Dec 2020
    Visa · 3 yr 3 mo · Contract · Nashville, TN
    • Moved 72% of storage traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  4. Staff Software Engineer
    Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
    Qualcomm · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Grew the storage team from 5 to 25 engineers.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 23 minutes to under 2.
  5. Engineering Manager
    Dec 2012 - Apr 2016
    Verizon · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 333ms to 91ms.
    • Led the migration of 34 services to Rust.

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Education

  1. Arizona State University
    BS, Information Technology
    2002 - 2006

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