Summary
Darshil Bhayani is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building data privacy, governance, and backend infrastructure at scale, currently driving ownership and inference algorithms for LinkedIn’s Data Privacy and Infrastructure team. He has a strong track record improving dataset ownership coverage (from 11% to 26%) and assigning inferred owners to 500k datasets, alongside hands-on expertise in Spark/Scala, big data workflows, and performance tuning. Prior roles at Yahoo and Tesla showcase his ability to harden systems (mTLS migration), boost extraction accuracy, and automate build/deployment pipelines that cut manual effort significantly. Comfortable owning features end-to-end, he blends rigorous craftsmanship and mentorship with cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable, production-grade systems. A Santa Clara University MS in Computer Science and a background in electrical engineering underpin his practical approach to scalable data governance problems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
San José State University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering at Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad
High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at St. Xavier’s High School Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad
English, Hindi, Gujarati