Summary
Akhil Dixit is a senior software engineer at Google with 11 years of experience, currently integrating Gemini into Android Studio and shaping developer tooling for Android. He brings a strong research foundation from a PhD-focused tenure at UC Santa Cruz, where he built CAvSAT, an open-source SAT-based system for answering queries over inconsistent databases. Akhil has blended industry and academia across roles at Google, Megagon Labs, 8x8, and Tata Research, delivering production mobile features, automation tooling, and privacy-focused platforms. He also mentors student teams at UCSC Blueprint, applying product-minded engineering to non-profits. Known for translating deep theoretical work into practical, high-performance systems, he combines systems thinking with hands-on implementation across mobile and database domains.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
English, Marathi, Hindi