Rahul Narakula is a Senior Software Engineer, Data at DoorDash, where he architects a large-scale data platform serving billions of daily API calls across 30+ integrated services. He designs real-time streaming and batch systems powering growth, marketing, fraud prevention, and advertising. His work has driven up to 4x improvements in data processing efficiency, enabled data quality frameworks adopted by dozens of engineering teams, and contributed to six-figure annual infrastructure cost reductions. Previously a Senior Engineer at Amazon and Compass