Life, Tech & People at Atlan — stories from the team building the active metadata platform.https://blog.atlan.com/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/mnemosyne-how-to-give-ai-context/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/mnemosyne-how-to-give-ai-context/Migration work has a familiar rhythm. You spend sessions with an AI assistant reverse-engineering APIs, mapping edge cases, documenting risks — building a real understanding of the system you're…Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringengineeringmnemosyneNikhila Jain & Rittick Sinha Royhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/argo-to-temporal-migration/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/argo-to-temporal-migration/Atlan is migrating workflow orchestration from Argo to Temporal. Learn why we made that call, the interim crossover architecture that kept us live during the transition, and what we've learned…Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringapps-frameworkengineeringNikhila Jain & Sanil Khuranahttps://blog.atlan.com/community/metadata-feedback-loop-context-layer/https://blog.atlan.com/community/metadata-feedback-loop-context-layer/On building feedback loops for metadata, and what they become when AI enters the picture. "I found the dashboard I was looking for, but the description just repeated the title. I still didn't know…Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcommunitybehind-scenesdataRishi Gaurav Bhatnagar & Dhriti Arjunhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/olof-how-an-ai-queue-manager-rebuilt-support-engineering-at-atlan/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/olof-how-an-ai-queue-manager-rebuilt-support-engineering-at-atlan/On a typical weekday, our support engineers at Atlan used to start their shift in Zendesk with a familiar feeling: too many tickets, not enough clarity. Someone from the team was always wearing an…Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringai-agentssupport-engineeringRahul Bhatiya & Taksh Preet Singhhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/product-to-platform-transformation/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/product-to-platform-transformation/This is the story of how we discovered we needed to rebuild—and why that decision unlocked Atlan's transformation from product to platform. Follow along as we explore the architectural constraints,…Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringNikhila Jain & Christopher Grotehttps://blog.atlan.com/team/from-human-led-to-ai-native-how-we-transformed-our-cx-organization-in-9-months/https://blog.atlan.com/team/from-human-led-to-ai-native-how-we-transformed-our-cx-organization-in-9-months/Three months ago, we launched what we believe is the world's first AI-native customer success organization. Here's what we learned about transforming not just workflows, but the fundamental nature of…Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTteamNandini Tyagi, Himanshu Sikaria & Aydan McNultyhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/cursor-rules/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/cursor-rules/At Atlan, we've been living and breathing Cursor for a few months now. We've tested it with background agents, AI-assisted PRs, code generation, bug fixes and many more, pushing the boundaries of…Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTengineeringcursorrulesaiawesome-cursor-rulescursorcursor-ai-rulescursor-best-practicescursor-directory-2cursor-rulescursor-rules-configurationcursor-rules-examplescursor-rules-filehow-to-add-cursor-ruleshow-to-use-cursor-rulesmcpAdvit & Shubhankar Kharehttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/atlan-mcp-ai-metadata/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/atlan-mcp-ai-metadata/Whether it's answering questions, automating tasks, or driving business decisions, modern data teams are embracing AI assistants to move faster. But these tools often fall short when it comes to…Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsaiai-agentsai-assistantsai-builder-ecosystemai-native-data-experienceai-native-futureai-powered-decision-makingatlan-mcpengineeringintelligent-agentsmcpHrushikesh Dokalahttps://blog.atlan.com/community/atlan-advisory-workshop/https://blog.atlan.com/community/atlan-advisory-workshop/Our Atlan Advisory Workshops are immersive, hands-on sessions where we team up with data leaders, governance experts, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs—anyone who can help answer the big questions. This isn't just…Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTcommunityadvisoryatlan-advisory-workshopatlan-universityatlan-workshopscustomer-successdata-governancedata-leaders-trainingfrom-chaos-to-clarityhumans-of-datamodern-data-governance-operating-modelpartner-not-a-vendorsuccess-storiesthe-atlan-differenceyour-governance-partnerGhazal, Dhruv Saharya & Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagarhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/ring-deployment-releases/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/ring-deployment-releases/Let me paint a picture: Bob is a talented engineer, eager to make a difference on the team. He works hard and releases several changes to production. However, despite following the proper testing and…Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTengineeringautomatic-release-managementbehind-scenescanary-releasesdevelopmentengineer-bobengineeringproductionqarelease-processring-deploymentring-deployment-release-processring-deployment-vs-canary-releasesring-cohortsrollbackTianchu Zhaohttps://blog.atlan.com/team/voices-of-atlan-empowerher/https://blog.atlan.com/team/voices-of-atlan-empowerher/One Day, I Asked Our First Female Engineer… One day, I asked our first female engineer at Atlan how things were going. Her response (Voices of Atlan) made me the proudest: "I've been in companies…Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesbreak-barrierscareersempowerherfemale-engineerfemale-founderfind-your-communityinclusive-futureinternational-womens-daylift-others-upmotherhoodtalenttrust-yourselfvoices-of-atlanwomen-of-atlanyou-are-capablePrukalpa Sankarhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/building-a-scalable-engine-for-no-code-workflows/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/building-a-scalable-engine-for-no-code-workflows/Building a Scalable Engine for No-Code Workflows Setting the stage Managing multiple tasks—whether it's approving requests, streamlining operations, moving data, or keeping teams aligned—can often…Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTengineeringengineeringJanakiram Ghttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/disc-software-engineering-internship/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/disc-software-engineering-internship/During a previous software engineering internship, I was given a seemingly straightforward task, migrating new customer data into our databases and warehouses. However, I quickly found myself…Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTengineeringengineeringAyush Rathorehttps://blog.atlan.com/product/atlans-unique-approach-to-user-research-drawing-inspiration-from-cultural-anthropology/https://blog.atlan.com/product/atlans-unique-approach-to-user-research-drawing-inspiration-from-cultural-anthropology/When I first heard about User Research a decade ago, the first image that showed up in my mind was that of 'cultural anthropologists' – people who travel to new countries and continents to learn…Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTproductuser-researchRishi Gaurav Bhatnagarhttps://blog.atlan.com/engineering/the-art-of-building-delightful-clis-lessons-learned-from-building-the-atlan-cli/https://blog.atlan.com/engineering/the-art-of-building-delightful-clis-lessons-learned-from-building-the-atlan-cli/Command-line interfaces (CLIs) help developers complete tasks quickly and efficiently. At Atlan, where we build tools to help data teams work better together, we've learned how a well-designed CLI…Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTengineeringengineeringRittik Dasguptahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/seven-pillars-platform-team/https://blog.atlan.com/team/seven-pillars-platform-team/The Seven Pillars of Platform Team is a set of core values that guide the development of our technology platform. They include scalability, reliability, security, innovation, affordability,…Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTteamengineeringYatin Talujahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/interview-backend-engineering-internship/https://blog.atlan.com/team/interview-backend-engineering-internship/I had interviewed for the backend engineering internship role at Atlan in May 2021 and managed to get in. I just wanted to share my experience and some tips around the same. tl;dr I had applied for…Sun, 08 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-sceneshiringinternshipJunaid Rahimhttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/atlan-sequoia-capital-surge/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/atlan-sequoia-capital-surge/Our week just got off to a brilliant start as we joined the third batch of Surge, a program by Sequoia Capital for rapidly scaling startups. Sequoia Capital has helped build leading global…Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsdatastartupTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/press/atlan-featured-in-analytics-india-magazine/https://blog.atlan.com/press/atlan-featured-in-analytics-india-magazine/Who's a happy startup? We are! All thanks to Analytics India Magazine (AIM), as they featured Atlan as one of the 10 emerging data and analytics startups in India in 2020. 🎉 Here's what the magazine…Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTpressdatastartupTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/press/atlan-featured-in-singapore-business-review/https://blog.atlan.com/press/atlan-featured-in-singapore-business-review/Appreciation is a great way of making someone's day. And thanks to appreciation from Singapore Business Review (SBR), our week started on a high note. Why, you ask? They featured Atlan as one of the…Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTpressdatastartupTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/team/humans-of-atlan-gaurav-singh/https://blog.atlan.com/team/humans-of-atlan-gaurav-singh/Atlan is all about the humans of data. But ever wondered about the people behind the vision? Who are the humans of Atlan and what do they do? To answer these questions and more, we're starting off a…Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTteamhumans-of-atlanTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/meet-atlan-grid-better-than-before/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/meet-atlan-grid-better-than-before/The short of it… we're opening up our Atlan Grid API for teams everywhere! 🎉 We're making it easier for teams everywhere to access the data they need, when they need it. Think minutes, not months.…Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsgrid-apiTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/team/what-culture-feels-like/https://blog.atlan.com/team/what-culture-feels-like/Culture is one of those words that gets thrown around everywhere. It comes up on the list of casually used buzzwords almost as frequently as "artificial intelligence" and "machine learning". But I…Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTteamAditya Lahirihttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/humans-of-data-welcome-home/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/humans-of-data-welcome-home/We're building Atlan, a home for data teams. Atlan is a delightful new way to work with data. We bring together diverse data, tools and people to create a frictionless collaboration experience for…Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsTeam Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/free-online-course-introduction-to-gis-r/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/free-online-course-introduction-to-gis-r/We're so excited to announce the launch of our second online course about geospatial data in R. Sign up here. When you hear "geospatial data", what comes to your mind? For many people, it's ordinary…Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTannouncementscoursedataChristine Garciahttps://blog.atlan.com/community/december-delhi-user-meetup/https://blog.atlan.com/community/december-delhi-user-meetup/Earlier this year in July, we hosted the first ever Delhi useR meetup in collaboration with the Delhi useR Group and R Consortium. We also had a chance to host a member of R-Core, creator of the…Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunitydatameetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/flyio-r-package-interact-data-cloud/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/flyio-r-package-interact-data-cloud/As we at Atlan started to use big data (massive data from hundreds of sources), we quickly found that we needed to move everything to the cloud. With data sizes in TBs, we couldn't keep a local copy…Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsengineeringopen-sourceHimanshu Sikariahttps://blog.atlan.com/community/nodejs-day-atlan/https://blog.atlan.com/community/nodejs-day-atlan/At Atlan, we have always invested in the growth of our teams and people around us. To give back to the community and contribute, we collaborate with tech communities across Delhi NCR. These meetups…Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunityengineeringmeetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/community/pydelhi-november-meetup-atlan/https://blog.atlan.com/community/pydelhi-november-meetup-atlan/The technology community today is very different than what it was a decade ago. With more and more focus on shared learning today, we are driven by collaborative projects and open source…Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunitydatameetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/camelot-python-library-pdf-data/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/camelot-python-library-pdf-data/We use GitHub issues to keep track of all issues. Please do not report bugs or issues in this blog's comments. Instead, post them on GitHub as an issue. Before submitting a comment with an issue,…Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsengineeringopen-sourceVinayak Mehtahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/internships-why-what-who/https://blog.atlan.com/team/internships-why-what-who/Note: This blog was last updated in August 2019 with the latest information about our internships. "Intern, who?" This is the answer, or a question, from Atlan interns if anybody refers to them as…Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTteamRicha Vermahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/growth-people-teams/https://blog.atlan.com/team/growth-people-teams/What Silicon Valley tells us about building great teams When many people think of Silicon Valley, they think of current tech giants like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple. But its story actually…Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesstartupPrukalpa Sankarhttps://blog.atlan.com/team/engineering-commandments/https://blog.atlan.com/team/engineering-commandments/In 2016, we put down our 10 (base 10) Engineering Commandments, the values that our Engineering Team uses to guide its work. We didn't use a long, complex process to create them. One of our first…Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesengineeringfeaturedYatin Talujahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/engineering-demos-knowledge/https://blog.atlan.com/team/engineering-demos-knowledge/Our Engineering Demos stemmed from a simple question — "How can we share knowledge among our engineers better?" All of our engineers were working on different, complex products, but they usually had…Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesengineeringYatin Talujahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/mckinsey-startups-people-moat/https://blog.atlan.com/team/mckinsey-startups-people-moat/We are always thinking deeply about the "dent" Atlan could leave on the universe. We're asking ourselves, "What would it take to create a company that would have relevance for hundreds of years?" We…Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesstartupPrukalpa Sankarhttps://blog.atlan.com/community/august-elastic-meetup/https://blog.atlan.com/community/august-elastic-meetup/The world today is connected more than ever before — everything that you wish to learn or build can be done with thousands of available resources on the internet. And even though this is great, there…Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunityengineeringmeetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/announcing-rlandsat-landsat-8-data/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/announcing-rlandsat-landsat-8-data/Landsat is without a doubt one of the best sources of free satellite data today. Managed by NASA and the United States Geological Survey, the Landsat satellites have been capturing multi-spectral…Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsdataopen-sourceHimanshu Sikariahttps://blog.atlan.com/community/pyladies-delhi-meetup-socialcops/https://blog.atlan.com/community/pyladies-delhi-meetup-socialcops/At Atlan, weekends are for engaging with our community, learning, and discussing ideas and hacks around the latest technology advancements happening across the world. And this is what we love most…Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunityengineeringmeetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/community/google-cloud-study-jam-atlan/https://blog.atlan.com/community/google-cloud-study-jam-atlan/This weekend we hosted over 20 young and experienced developers from across Delhi NCR at Atlan HQ. As part of Google's Developer Student Club, the Google Cloud Study Jam (a 3-hour community-run study…Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunityengineeringmeetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/community/pydata-delhi-meetup-25-atlan/https://blog.atlan.com/community/pydata-delhi-meetup-25-atlan/Just like any ordinary weekday, weekends too are now bustling with energy at Atlan HQ. And no, we are not complaining at all! While we love spending our weekdays solving big problems, our weekends…Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTcommunityengineeringmeetupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/team/how-we-support-people-onboarding/https://blog.atlan.com/team/how-we-support-people-onboarding/Note: This blog was updated in September 2019 with the latest information about our people-ops processes. We're growing up here at Atlan! Our numbers have grown, and we're always preparing for new…Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/team/how-we-live-our-cultural-values-every-day/https://blog.atlan.com/team/how-we-live-our-cultural-values-every-day/Note: This blog was updated in August 2019 with the latest information about our team and cultural values. In the last few years, we scaled our products, welcomed hundreds of humans of data to our…Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTteambehind-scenesfeaturedstartupLeena Sonihttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/ebook-guide-basic-data-cleaning/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/ebook-guide-basic-data-cleaning/Imagine that you have a room filled with dozens of sleeping cats, and you want to know how many cats there are. It would also be good to know some basic insights about your new cat colony — for…Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsdataebookAstha Rattanhttps://blog.atlan.com/team/interested-joining-atlan-team-heres-need/https://blog.atlan.com/team/interested-joining-atlan-team-heres-need/Note: This blog was last updated in August 2019 with the latest information about our hiring process. At Atlan, we are a team of engineers, data scientists and entrepreneurs united by a common…Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTteamfeaturedChristine Garciahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/internship-atlan-heres-what-it-takes/https://blog.atlan.com/team/internship-atlan-heres-what-it-takes/Note: This blog was last updated in August 2019 with the latest information about our internship hiring process. At Atlan, we hire interns for core functions like building apps, business development,…Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTteamVasundhara Garghttps://blog.atlan.com/community/data-visualization-meetup/https://blog.atlan.com/community/data-visualization-meetup/Data visualization and visual analytics is one of the fastest growing disciplines in today's increasingly data-driven world. With use cases spread across diverse domains — healthcare, policy, sports,…Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTcommunitydatameetupIT Atlanhttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/built-iot-devices-track-air-pollution-delhi/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/built-iot-devices-track-air-pollution-delhi/The first week I joined Atlan, I was given a "hack week" project to present to the rest of the company. My project was simple and open ended: "build something cool". As a newcomer to Delhi, I was…Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsengineeringPatrick Triesthttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/tracking-air-pollution-in-delhi/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/tracking-air-pollution-in-delhi/The Most Polluted City On Earth Delhi is one of the largest and fastest growing cities on the planet. Home to over 24 million people, one of the unifying challenges for this huge and diverse…Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsengineeringPatrick Triesthttps://blog.atlan.com/team/our-experience-building-wifi-coffee-maker/https://blog.atlan.com/team/our-experience-building-wifi-coffee-maker/Here at Atlan, we've begun using Internet-of-Things technology to research solutions for some of the world's most pressing problems: monitoring pollution, conserving energy, protecting against…Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTteamengineeringPatrick Triesthttps://blog.atlan.com/announcements/ebook-ultimate-guide-effective-data-collection/https://blog.atlan.com/announcements/ebook-ultimate-guide-effective-data-collection/We're excited to announce that we published a free ebook about data collection! Data has become fundamental in nearly every aspect of life, and all types of companies — from large technology…Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMTannouncementsdataebookChristine Garciahttps://blog.atlan.com/team/android-development-guide-rural-world/https://blog.atlan.com/team/android-development-guide-rural-world/Building for the "next billion" is a challenge, thanks to difficulties posed by the lack of internet, electricity, and low-cost devices. At Atlan, we set out to build an Android data collection…Fri, 26 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMTteamengineeringfeaturedYatin Taluja