Mayur Madnani

Mayur Madnani is a Principal Software Engineer at Candescent, specializing in large-scale distributed systems, data infrastructure, and applied AI. With over a decade of experience designing and scaling platforms across SAP, Walmart, Intuit, JioHotstar, and Candescent, he focuses on solving complex architectural challenges that empower engineering teams and support mission-critical systems serving millions of users. His work spans data platforms, AI and Generative AI applications, real-time analytics, ML observability, distributed systems, and developer tooling. He is particularly interested in building self-service platforms and engineering capabilities that enable teams to move faster while maintaining reliability and operational excellence. Beyond his engineering work, Mayur is a published researcher, patent holder, conference speaker, mentor, and active contributor to the engineering community. He has presented research at IEEE conferences, authored patents in AI and large-scale data systems, participated in industry hackathons, and regularly mentors engineers through technical talks, workshops, and community initiatives. Through his speaking engagements, he shares practical lessons from building production-scale systems and explores how AI, platform engineering, and distributed systems are shaping the future of software engineering.