Uday Ruddarraju

Software Engineer, CTO

Indian Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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Quick Info

ProfessionSoftware Engineer, CTO
NationalityIndian
BirthplaceHyderabad, Telangana, India

Latest News about Uday Ruddarraju

22/07/2026

OpenAI promoted Uday Ruddarraju to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Compute in July 2026, after he had joined the company in July 2025 as Head of Compute Infrastructure. The promotion was reported as part of his expanded responsibility for OpenAI’s global compute systems used to train and deploy frontier AI models.

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameUdaykumar Raju Ruddarraju
Known forBeing appointed as the CTO of OpenAI Compute in July 2026

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

Degrees
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Master of Science (Computer Science) from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Personal Life

ReligionHinduism

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Career

Positions
  • Role: Software Engineering Intern Company: Amazon Duration: 2010
  • Role: Software Engineer Intern Company: Capital IQ Duration: Dec 2010 - Jun 2011
  • Role: Research Assistant Company: University of Minnesota Duration: Sep 2011 - Aug 2012
  • Role: Software Engineer Intern Company: eBay Duration: May 2012 - Aug 2012
  • Role: Software Engineer II Company: eBay Duration: Feb 2013 - Mar 2014
  • Role: Senior Software Engineer Company: eBay Duration: Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
  • Role: Staff Software Engineer Company: eBay Duration: Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
  • Role: Senior Member of Technical Staff Company: eBay Duration: Jun 2017 - Aug 2018
  • Role: Staff Software Engineer Company: Robinhood Duration: Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
  • Role: Principal Software Engineer Company: Robinhood Duration: Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
  • Role: Senior Director of Engineering and Head of Infrastructure Company: Robinhood Duration: Jan 2023 - Jun 2024
  • Role: Head of Infrastructure Engineering Company: xAI and X Duration: Jun 2024 - Jul 2025
  • Role: Head of Compute and Infrastructure Company: OpenAI Duration: Jul 2025 - Jul 2026
  • Role: Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Compute Company: OpenAI Duration: Jul 2026 - Present

Favourites

Hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Reading books

Social Media

Twitterhttps://x.com/udayruddarraju
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/udaykumarraju/

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. In 2010, Uday Ruddarraju served as a Software Engineering Intern at Amazon.
2. He started working as a Software Engineer Intern at Capital IQ in December 2010.
3. From September 2011 to August 2012, he served as a Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota.
4. Worked as a Software Engineer Intern at eBay in May 2012.
5. Joined eBay as a Software Engineer II in February 2013.
6. Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in March 2014 at eBay.
7. Served as Staff Software Engineer at eBay from Feb 2016 to Jun 2017.
8. Joined Robinhood as a Staff Software Engineer in August 2018.
9. Promoted to Principal Software Engineer at Robinhood from Jan 2021 to Dec 2022.
10. Became Senior Director of Engineering at Robinhood in Jan 2023.
11. Was Head of Infrastructure Engineering at xAI and X from Jun 2024 to Jul 2025.
12. Helped in building the cloud infrastructure of eBay.
13. Responsible for building the large computing systems at xAI and OpenAI.
14. Led the team that created systems for training AI models like GPT-5.6.
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