Jey Balachandran

Chief Technology Officer, Doximity

Search every verified Jey Balachandran interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jey Balachandran, Chief Technology Officer at Doximity, discussed his career and experiences in a September 2022 podcast appearance. Balachandran said he was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, grew up in Toronto, and has lived in San Francisco for 11 years while working at Doximity as CTO. He described joining the company as its seventh employee and noted that he chose to stay with the same company because he felt fulfilled in his work and enjoyed building products for users. Balachandran said the company's mission to help physicians provide better care resonated with him, and that Doximity was a remote company before that was a common practice. Balachandran described the experience of taking Doximity public as "surreal and stressful," saying he could not sleep the night before and felt relieved afterward. He noted that his role involves embracing chaos, as his day-to-day work varies, and that he reads many legal documents despite having no prior experience with them. Balachandran said he learned to avoid making assumptions too early without facts and advised aspiring creators to "break out of your comfort zone" to show what is possible. He also said that if he could speak to his younger self, he would encourage taking more risks.