Meta's Balaji Gururajan left the US after 18 years to return home to Bengaluru

For many professionals who build long careers overseas, the decision to return home rarely comes down to a single moment. It often gathers weight over time through family responsibilities, changing priorities and the feeling that important years are passing elsewhere. That appears to have been the case for Balaji Gururajan, a senior engineering leader at Meta, who has relocated to Bengaluru after spending nearly two decades in the United States. Rather than describing the move as a career shift, he framed it as a personal choice shaped by family life, with aging parents, growing children and the practical realities of living across continents all playing a part.Balaji Gururajan built an 18-year career across the US tech industryGururajan's professional journey started in India after graduating from the National Institute of Technology in 2003.