Sarthak Dalabehera
I'm drawn to the hard problems that sit beneath the surface — the platform primitives, data pipelines, and infrastructure decisions that determine whether a product can scale or not.
I was a founding contributor to Vedantu's in-house video engine and the sole developer behind their VQuiz backend. Today at Rippling, I lead data globalization initiatives and build dependency tracking systems for one of the fastest-growing workforce platforms.
I think in systems, ship in iterations, and care deeply about the craft of building reliable software.
What I Work With
Technologies and domains
Platform & Infrastructure
Backend Systems
Data & Messaging
Orchestration & Reliability
Experience
Where I've built and shipped
Rippling
NowSoftware Engineer
Aug 2022 - Present
- Building platform infrastructure for Rippling's suite of workforce applications
- Leading Data Globalization initiatives for international compliance and data residency
- Architecting Dependency Tracking systems for cross-service reliability
Vedantu
Software Engineer
Previously
- Founding contributor to the in-house video streaming engine powering live classes for millions
- Sole developer responsible for building the VQuiz product backend from scratch
- Drove infrastructure cost optimization through EC2 upgrades, Spot instances, and S3 tiering
How I Think
Principles that guide my work
Systems thinking
Every decision has second-order effects. I trace dependencies before writing code.
Ship iteratively
The best architectures emerge from shipping, measuring, and refining — not from upfront design alone.
Own the outcome
I care about impact, not just implementation. If a feature ships but nobody benefits, it didn't work.
Let's build something together
Open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations.
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