Principal Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Cyber Security | ClickHouse | Go | ex MariaDB, Druva

Remote

Pune District

Pune Area, India





Master of Technology - MTech, Software Systems
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

B.E., Computer Engineering
Pune Institute of Computer Technology
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I am a Principal Software Engineer with over 12 years of experience specializing in distributed systems, cybersecurity, and cloud-scale infrastructure. Throughout my career at organizations like AuthMind, MariaDB, and Druva, I have a proven track record of architecting performant, cost-effective solutions—including migrating large-scale data stores to ClickHouse and modernizing monolithic architectures into microservices. I excel at leading cross-functional teams to solve complex engineering challenges, enhance system reliability, and deliver high-impact results that improve both developer efficiency and user experience.
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Principal Software Engineer at AuthMind, Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos, Remote, • Led the migration of a large-scale network traffic data store from Elasticsearch to ClickHouse, achieving a 60% reduction in infrastructure costs. • Designed and implemented a materialized view infrastructure in ClickHouse for low-latency security posture analytics. • Developed a shadow access detection framework to identify unauthorized access patterns across enterprise environments. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance the scalability and reliability of cybersecurity analytics systems.
Senior Software Engineer - Development at MariaDB Corporation, Dec 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs, Pune District, * Played a key role on the team that overhauled the architecture of MariaDB SkySQL SaaS solution, resulting in improved performance and cut down production release pipeline time by 80% * Designed and implemented a robust user management system through hands-on coding, rigorous testing, and maintenance, achieving a notable 30% reduction in user onboarding time * Spearheaded end-to-end design and development of a cutting-edge notification system, seamlessly integrating NATS as messaging service * Deployed notification system that facilitated a remarkable 50% increase in message throughput, elevating real-time communication capabilities platform-wide * Deployed server-sent events API resulting in removal of 30 second data latency and enhanced UI responsiveness * Delivered design presentations and interactive demos to stakeholders, fostering increase in domain knowledge within the team and driving informed decision-making during project development * Pioneered the creation of shared libraries and infrastructure for the codebase which enabled to reduce time required to bootstrap a new microservice by 25% * Streamlined microservice integration with API gateway by automating the process, resulting in a 40% reduction in developer effort, accelerating the delivery of new features and services
Senior Software Engineer - Development at Druva, Jul 2012 - Dec 2021 · 9 yrs 6 mos, Pune Area, India, * Planned and created an end-to-end backup solution for Microsoft Hyper-V along with a team of 4 engineers * Led the development of a system setting restore feature for Windows, ensuring seamless recovery from critical system failures and enhancing user satisfaction with a 20% decrease in system downtime * Devised a highly efficient role-based access system (RBAC), enhancing data security and streamlining permission management, resulting in a 30% reduction in unauthorized access incidents and improved overall system integrity * Revamped backend monolith to microservices improving API performance by 50% * Adapted the architecture of the data upload cache server, transitioning from a single process to a multi process model, resulting in a 10-fold increase in concurrent device uploads and seamless on-demand scaling * Released scaled out VMware configuration server to readily handle 10000+ requests / customers Innovated and developed a Disaster Recovery solution for VMware, by backing up VMs to AWS, reducing time to recovery by 40% * Demonstrated and then released a utility to deploy VMware backup agent in customer environment, reducing customer support effort needed by 50% * Volunteered to perform the role of Subject Matter Expert for VMware, Hyper-V backup agents * Influenced and coordinated effort to increase unit test coverage of the codebase up to 85% * Guided new team members on the nuances of the codebase, formulated and documented on-boarding roadmap, reducing ramp-up time by 40%
Master of Technology - MTech, Software Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
B.E., Computer Engineering, Pune Institute of Computer Technology