Balaji Alwar
Data Science Infrastructure Service Lead (Product Manager)
Union City, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBalaji Alwar is a product-focused data science infrastructure lead at UC Berkeley with a decade of experience bridging software engineering, learning design, and education policy. Trained at Harvard GSE and seasoned as a research fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center, he has built technology-enabled public goods and classroom-ready EdTech—from launching a Unity-based learning game to designing statewide teacher professional development platforms. He blends hands-on technical skills (Python/R, Java, software development) with product management and stakeholder-facing program leadership across India and the U.S. Known for translating classroom needs into scalable digital products, he brings a rare combination of telecom-grade engineering rigor from Ericsson and field-proven education impact from Teach For India. Balaji operates at the intersection of upskilling and workforce initiatives, making him a pragmatic connector between research, product teams, and educators.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ed M, Technology, Innovation and Education, Ed M, Technology, Innovation and Education at Harvard University Graduate School of EducationHigher Secondary, Science, 95.5%, Higher Secondary, Science, 95.5% at TVS MATRIC HR SEC SCHOOLBE, Computer Science, BE, Computer Science at Sri SivaSubramaniya Nadar Engineering College
English, Tamil, Hindi
Github Skills (39)
jupyterhub10
jupyter10
ipython10
jupyterlab10
jupyterlab-extension10
helm10
jupyter-notebook10
jupyter-book10
notebook9
multi-user9
jupyter-server9
python8
gtk8
water8
r8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
berkeley-dsep-infra/data100-user-image
Oct 2024 - Mar 2026
Contributions:1 review, 9 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 4 months
berkeley-dsep-infra/nbgitpuller-link-generator-webextension
Jan 2024 - Feb 2026
Generate nbgitpuller links from inside GitHub with this webextension (Chrome, Firefox)
Contributions:14 reviews, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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