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Bala Arjunan Muthiah

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Director of Engineering at Lyft
📍 United States

Bala Arjunan Muthiah is the Director of Engineering at Lyft, leading teams across the Healthcare, Enterprise, and Advertising verticals. A thoughtful leader with a background at SAP SuccessFactors, he is passionate about developing people and holds certificates from Harvard Business School and Stanford.

Outside of his corporate role, Bala is deeply committed to mentorship and social impact. He advises startups, serves as a mentor on platforms like GrowthMentor, and volunteers with Defy Ventures to coach aspiring entrepreneurs, helping them build diverse teams and become investment-ready.

He has a unique perspective on achievement, defining it with the equation: Success = Skill X Opportunity.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United States
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Priorities

Topics Bala cares about

Empathetic Leadership
He focuses on coaching team members, tailoring work to their goals, and building cultures with empathy, a topic he has discussed in interviews and publications.
Startup Mentorship
As a co-founder of disrpt. io and a mentor at GrowthMentor, he actively advises early-stage startups on innovation, talent recruitment, and scaling for social impact.
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Career

Work history

12-2019
Director of Engineering
Lyft
7-2023
Mentor
GrowthMentor
9-2023 - 1-2024
Member of the Board of Advisors
Defy Ventures
Co-Founder
www.disrpt.io
12-2019
Engineering management
SAP SuccessFactors
In the press

Media appearances

Bala Muthiah: Building Teams and Cultures with Systems Thinking. Featured in X‑Team Magazine
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Education
6-2024 - 9-2024
Certificate Program
Harvard Business School Online
2019 - 2019
Leadership for Collaborative Success
Stanford Continuing Studies
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