About Me
Aditya Jalan
Staff DB Engineer at Meta. I scale MySQL to Billion QPS, ski the steepest lines I can find, and write about engineering leadership.
Career Snapshot
1B+
QPS Scaled
15+
Years in Systems Eng.
15+
Engineers Mentored
50+
Ski Resorts
What I Do
I operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise and engineering leadership — building the systems and the teams that run them.
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Database Infrastructure at Meta Scale
Architecting and scaling MySQL infrastructure that handles billions of queries per second across Meta's family of apps.
- 2
Staff+ Engineering Leadership
Driving technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and building the culture that makes high-performance teams possible.
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Extreme Skiing & Peak Performance
Pushing limits on the mountain — the discipline of high-altitude performance translates directly to engineering precision.
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