1:1 Mentorship — Distributed Systems, Databases

This 30-minute 1:1 mentorship session is designed for engineers who want to strengthen their skills in distributed systems, relational databases, Kubernetes, and backend architecture.

With over X years of experience working at top tech companies like Stripe, Flipkart, and InMobi, I have led large-scale database infrastructure projects, including:

• Self-hosting MySQL fleets and TiDB (distributed MySQL datastore) at scale.
• Building Kubernetes operators for scheduled maintenance on bare-metal clusters.
• Designing and managing control planes for relational databases as a platform.

In this session, we can focus on topics such as:

• Best practices for designing and operating distributed data systems.
• Scaling relational databases and data platforms for high availability.
• Kubernetes for database orchestration and infrastructure automation.
• Career development guidance for backend and infrastructure engineers.

Who is this for?

• Early to mid-level software engineers aiming to advance their backend and distributed systems expertise.
• Engineers preparing for infrastructure-focused interviews.
• Developers exploring TiDB, MySQL, or Kubernetes for large-scale workloads.

By the end of our session, you will gain practical, actionable insights to help you build better systems and make informed technical decisions.