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# Akash Balakrishnan on Tal

## Headline

Staff software engineer

## About

Software Engineer with 8 years of experience in full\-stack development, platform engineering, cloud\-native technologies, and Kubernetes\. Skilled in multi\-cloud \(AWS, Azure, GCP\) with expertise in AI integration, networking and security\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

langgraph

mcp

ollama

windsurf

huggingface

## Work experience

Staff Software Engineer at Zscaler, May 2026 \- Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Developer at SAP Labs India, Jun 2021 \- May 2026 · 5 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer 2 at Aurigo Software Technologies, Jul 2020 \- May 2021 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Member Of Technical Staff at Aurigo Software Technologies, Sep 2019 \- Jul 2020 · 11 mos

Software Engineer at Odessa, May 2018 \- Aug 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineering Trainee at Odessa, Dec 2017 \- Apr 2018 · 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Master of Technology \- MTech, Computer Software Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anna university

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