Neeraj Joshi
Staff Engineer at OpenAI
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeeraj Joshi is a Staff Engineer and seasoned technology leader with 13+ years of professional experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, currently focused on scaling data infrastructure. He has led core infrastructure efforts at Stripe and Netflix, spanning stream processing, Kafka, predictive autoscaling, observability, and API/edge platforms. Neeraj blends deep systems design with hands-on contributions—his open-source work includes impactful improvements to high-profile projects like Netflix’s Zuul, Hystrix, and Mantis that improved metrics, resiliency, and deployability. Comfortable across backend, cloud (AWS), and DevOps concerns, he’s known for solving critical customer problems and shipping reliable production services. Based in Los Gatos, he pairs an MS in Computer Science with a long track record at IBM and Netflix, bringing both research-informed thinking and practical engineering rigor. A less obvious strength is his history of cross-product integration and operational tooling work, reflecting an aptitude for making complex systems maintainable and observable.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
LoyolaBE Computer Engineering, BE Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer TechnologyMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityBE Computer science, BE Computer science at Savitribai Phule Pune UniversitySymbiosis
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (22)
multithreading10
java10
javas10
build-automation10
fault-tolerance10
metric10
concurrency10
api-design9
guice9
dockers9
cicd9
apidoc9
docker9
gradle9
api9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Netflix/mantis
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
A platform that makes it easy for developers to build realtime, cost-effective, operations-focused applications
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:8 releases, 9 reviews, 85 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Neeraj made several contributions related to the Mantis platform, including modifying build scripts, adding a Guice configuration module, and removing system outs. They also worked on downloading job artifacts within a Docker setup, suggesting involvement in infrastructure or deployment tasks. Further changes include removing deprecated Netty methods and refactoring metrics, indicating a focus on operational improvements and maintenance.
realtimeeffectivefor-developersfocusedcost-effective
Netflix/Hystrix
Jun 2013 - Jan 2014
Hystrix is a latency and fault tolerance library designed to isolate points of access to remote systems, services and 3rd party libraries, stop cascading failure and enable resilience in complex distributed systems where failure is inevitable.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Neeraj primarily focused on enhancing the core logic of the Hystrix library. Their contributions involved refactoring the `HystrixCommand` class, fixing a timeout issue, and optimizing the execution flow. They also introduced and modified non-blocking command functionalities. These changes suggest a deep understanding of the internal workings and fault tolerance mechanisms of the library.
isolatehystrixpartytolerancefault
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