Namrata Kodali
Director Of Engineering at Cockroach Labs
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolNamrata Kodali is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems and developer teams in the New York City area. Currently Director of Engineering at Cockroach Labs after progressing through Senior Engineering Manager and earlier management roles, she combines hands-on technical judgment with proven people leadership. Prior to Cockroach Labs she spent seven years at Yext rising from software engineer to engineering manager and team lead, giving her deep experience in product-driven engineering and operational excellence. Her background in computer science from Duke underpins a pragmatic approach to architecture, reliability, and cross-functional collaboration. Known for growing high-performing teams and translating complex technical trade-offs into clear roadmaps, she excels at mentoring engineers and aligning engineering outcomes with business goals. Colleagues describe her as a thoughtful operator who balances long-term architecture thinking with an appetite for shipping impactful features.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Duke University
Github Skills (20)
kubernetes10
postgresql10
cockroachdb10
mysql10
distributed-systems10
arangodb10
go10
sql10
cloud-native10
distributed-database10
sql-database10
database10
documentation9
amazon-ecs6
in-progress5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rohankshir/compiler-sml
Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
Contributions:62 commits in 2 months
nkodali/cockroach
Oct 2020 - Jan 2025
CockroachDB - the open source, cloud-native distributed SQL database.
Contributions:80 pushes, 52 branches in 4 years 3 months
distributed-sqloltpdistributed-sql-databasenosqlmysql
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