Ali Egal — Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager and hands-on distributed systems builder on Azure’s Software Load Balancer, a DPDK-based Layer 4 networking platform handling millions of flows per second across Azure availability zones. I lead and grow a team building next-generation packet processing and traffic management systems, writing production Rust and C on performance-critical code paths while driving system design and architecture. My background includes several years building distributed control plane systems in Go, and my work spans high-performance networking and infrastructure foundations for modern cloud and AI/ML workloads. Previously an early member of Azure Container Networking, building core networking primitives for containerized workloads at cloud scale. 10+ years building infrastructure and control/data plane systems at hyperscale. Always happy to connect with others working on high-performance networking, distributed infrastructure, and hyperscale systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and Infrastructure expert with a focus on high-performance networking.
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Experience: 10 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Computing
- Software Defined Networking
- Containers
Career Highlights
- Expert in high-performance networking and distributed systems.
- Led teams to build scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Over 10 years of experience in hyperscale environments.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Software Engineering Manager (3 yrs 3 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (3 yrs 2 mos)
Software Engineer II (1 yr 11 mos)
Software Engineer (2 yrs 5 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Science at University of Washington
Master of Science at University of Washington