Rithvik Chandan

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States4 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in designing distributed data systems.
Proven track record in optimizing database performance.
Strong background in product engineering and development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Database Technology and SaaS expert with a focus on distributed systems and product engineering.

Contact

rithvikchan1@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsDatabase DesignDatabase DevelopmentParallel ComputingProduct EngineeringMachine Learning

Other Skills

Apache CalciteAuto DOP FunctionalityAzure Cosmos DBC (Programming Language)C++CUDAChatbot DevelopmentData AnalysisDatabase Management System (DBMS)DatabasesDistributed ArchitectureFeedback CaptureFront-end DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentGit

About

Engineer with a strong ability to design, architect, and implement distributed data systems optimizing for scale, skew, and performance. Proven proficiency in building Oracle SQL’s parallel infrastructure and vector database. Passionate about technology and its power to solve real world problems.

Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 1 mo

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Oracle

2 roles

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Redwood City, California, United States · On-site

Member of Technical Staff II

Jun 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Redwood City, California, United States · On-site

Owned, designed and implemented the distributed architecture for a new SQL operator, commonly used in RAG (Patent Pending)
Influenced crucial decisions in Oracle vector database including parallelisation strategies, filtered vector index and more in collaboration with industry-leading database architects
Improving Oracle’s Auto DOP functionality by developing models to determine optimal query parallelism, balancing compute efficiency and performance scalability through extensive experimentation

Distributed ArchitectureSQL Operator DesignParallelisation StrategiesOracle Vector DatabaseAuto DOP FunctionalityDistributed Systems+1

Uc san diego

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 · 6 mos · San Diego, California, United States

Graduate teaching assistant for CSE 232 (Fall 2022): Database Systems taught by Prof. Yannis Papakonstantinou.
Graduate teaching assistant for CSE 160 (Winter 2023): Intro to Parallel Computing by Prof. Ryan Kastner.

Netspring

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 · 3 mos · Redwood City, California, United States

Converted the SQL window operator from batch to streaming mode in the home grown distributed database system
Improved the performance of the window operator from 20 to 40 million rows per second
Added functionality for stateless User Defined Functions (UDF) in SQL queries using Java Native Interface (JNI)
Designed and implemented multiple SQL operators including distributed merge sort, count distinct, and bitwise aggregates

SQLStreaming ModePerformance OptimizationUser Defined FunctionsJava Native InterfaceDatabase Development+1

Uc san diego

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 · 2 mos · San Diego, California, United States

Graduate teaching assistant for CSE 160 (Winter 2022): Intro to Parallel Computing taught by Prof. Ryan Kastner.

Udaan.com

2 roles

Product Engineer and Product Owner

Jan 2021 – Jul 2021 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Launched an interactive flow on the Chatbot to provide automated customer-specific resolutions
Enabled feedback capture, locale handling, non-linear navigational flows and ML-based intent capture
Successfully drove the product through stages of ideation, design, and development
Doubled the percentage of interactions resolved by the Chatbot from 9.5% to 19% (~3k Interactions/day)

Product Engineer

Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 · 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Launched a revamped FoS (Feet on Street) application, focused on expediting customer onboarding and new sales. The app provides features to add FoS members, track attendance, sign-up customers, geotag stores and extend credit lines for new customers.
The product is used by 6000+ FoS members across 10+ cities.

Chatbot DevelopmentFeedback CaptureMachine LearningProduct DevelopmentProduct Engineering