Ekal Golas
About Ekal Golas
Ekal Golas is a Lead Server Engineer at Skillz Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a diverse background in software engineering and development across various companies including Twitter, Yahoo!, and Amazon.
Work at Skillz
Ekal Golas has been serving as the Lead Server Engineer at Skillz Inc. since 2023. His role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is conducted on-site. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing server engineering tasks and contributing to the development of gaming solutions.
Previous Experience
Before joining Skillz, Ekal Golas held various positions in the technology sector. He worked as a Software Engineering Manager at Twitter from 2021 to 2023. His earlier roles include Software Developer at Sabre Corporation in 2016, Systems Engineer at Infosys from 2010 to 2011, and Senior Software QA Engineer at McAfee from 2011 to 2014. He also gained experience as an SDE Intern at Amazon in 2015 and as a Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo! Inc. from 2017 to 2021.
Education and Expertise
Ekal Golas has a strong educational background in computer science. He earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Dallas, where he studied from 2014 to 2016. He also holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology, Delhi, completed from 2006 to 2010. Additionally, he studied Data Science at Stanford Continuing Studies and received a certificate in 2018. He has also completed a Cloud Computing with AWS Certification from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Volunteering and Awards
Ekal Golas has actively volunteered on the founding teams of multiple startups, contributing to their development and success. He has received multiple awards and honors for his innovative and creative solutions, including recognition at Angelhack Seattle.