Saurabh Phaltane

I am a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Google, where I lead the architectural efforts and re-engineering of the AI infrastructure powering Google Search. With over 12 years of experience across Google and Okta, my work sits at the critical intersection of global-scale reliability, capacity optimization, and the evolution of AI-native automation tooling.

Beyond my core engineering responsibilities, I am deeply committed to the growth of the tech ecosystem. I currently serve on the Industry Advisory Board for the San Jose State University Computer Science Department, advising on curriculum alignment, and I mentor startup founders through the Google for Startups program.

I am driven by the challenge of building resilient, automated systems at scale. As a frequent speaker at conferences such as CloudX and SF Bay ACM, I enjoy translating complex infrastructure hurdles like mitigating technical debt and architecting for resilience into actionable strategies for the broader developer community.