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Naga Balaji

Critic · DISC type C
Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Naga Balaji is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle with over 10 years of experience in database system engineering. His expertise spans database internals, data platforms, and server-less computing, with a focus on MySQL, Postgres, and RocksDB. He holds a Masters degree from BITS, Pilani.

He has a keen interest in the professional tech landscape, following developments at major companies like Oracle and Microsoft. His past roles highlight a commitment to mentorship, where he was responsible for guiding junior developers on application security, performance, and stability.

Interestingly, despite his deep technical background, he is the winner of a "Best Manager" award from a marketing contest.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Naga shows up

Negotiator
Precise
Information Seeker

They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Naga cares about

Database Performance
His work at Oracle focuses on high-speed data handling features like "Fast Ingest", and he has a background in optimizing database performance and stability.
Data Platform Engineering
He has engineered data platforms using Postgres, RocksDB, and Oracle databases, including work on graph database development and multi-tenant cloud platforms.
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Career

Work history

8-2021 - 9-2025
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Oracle
8-2020 - 8-2021
Research And Development Engineer - ZLabs
Zoho
4-2018 - 8-2020
Senior Software Engineer
Zoho
1-2016 - 4-2016
Software Engineer
Zoho
11-2013 - 11-2013
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
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Media appearances

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Education
Master's degree
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Bachelor of Engineering
Anna University Chennai
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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