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title: "Ankit Saini - Principal Member of Technical Staff in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Ankit Saini, Principal Engineer | C/C++/Python | Linux | Distributed Systems | Storage | Networking | Cloud based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes codex, gemini, and openai. Explore public work links including leetcode."
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# Ankit Saini on Tal

## Headline

Principal Engineer \| C/C\+\+/Python \| Linux \| Distributed Systems \| Storage \| Networking \| Cloud

## About

Software Developer with 15\+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering complex software systems across distributed systems, storage, networking, cloud, and identity/IAM domains\. Strong hands\-on experience across the complete software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and technical design through implementation, integration, testing, debugging, and production delivery\. Deep expertise in C/C\+\+, Linux/Unix, distributed systems, concurrency, networking, storage, and cloud technologies, with a proven ability to develop scalable, reliable, and high\-performance software and troubleshoot complex production issues\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

codex

gemini

openai

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle India, Oct 2022 \- Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Hybrid, Architected a Network Performance Diagnostic feature for Oracle RMAN, reducing mean time to detection of network\-induced backup failures across 3,00,000\+ enterprise customers managing TB scale daily backups—monitoring retransmission rates, RTT variance, and DNS resolution latency to backup targets\. Designed a callback architecture connecting server and client layers, enabling reliable message exchange across distributed backup workflows\. Owned end\-to\-end resolution of critical production outages for enterprise clients; provided failsafe preventing recurrence\. Resolved multiple production deployment failures for RMAN on Amazon S3, unblocking cloud migrations for enterprise customers\. Mentored 3\-4 junior engineers in root\-cause diagnosis, systems reasoning, and structured sandbox learning; drove code reviews and design discussions improving system reliability\. • Leveraged Codex AI for debugging, test case writing, and code flow analysis accelerating investigation cycles\.

Technology Specialist at Micro Focus International Plc \(Currently : Opentext\), Aug 2019 \- Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built and developed core IAM modules \- Users, Groups, Roles, and composition rules Worked extensively within eDirectory's DNS/DHCP integration layer – where directory objects map directly to network resources \- gaining hands\-on exposure to how identity and network addressing are managed as a unified system in large enterprise deployments Led build system modernization from Automake to CMake for eDirectory \- reducing build complexity and enhancing scalability for a globally deployed, mission\-critical network directory product Re\-engineered customer onboarding pipeline, achieving a 66% reduction in provisioning time \(2h to 45min\)

Senior Software Engineer at Lowe's India, Aug 2017 \- Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Led development activities for a large\-scale Unix\-to\-Linux platform migration, modernizing legacy C/C\+\+ applications for GCC/Clang\-based Linux environments\. Resolved architectural and platform\-level differences involving system calls, memory alignment, low\-level data structures and compiler behavior\. Refactored Perl and shell automation to remove vendor\-specific dependencies and ensure consistent execution across the Linux environment\. Diagnosed complex runtime defects, segmentation faults and library\-linkage issues using GDB and system\-level debugging techniques\. Worked with engineering stakeholders to maintain data parity, functional correctness and production stability throughout the platform migration\.

Application Developer at Great\-West Global Business India Pvt Ltd \(Currently : Empower\), Mar 2016 \- Aug 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore, Engineered high\-throughput batch processing systems using Java, Pro\*C and PL/SQL for processing and reconciling enterprise payroll contribution data\. Redesigned a critical production batch process, reducing peak memory consumption by 98% \(4 GB → 50 MB\) and permanently eliminating a recurring production bottleneck\. Developed tax\-tracking and ledger\-processing capabilities supporting audit and regulatory compliance requirements\. Optimized database queries and stored procedures supporting high\-volume payroll processing\. Worked across application and database layers to troubleshoot performance and reliability issues in production workloads\.

Senior System Engineer at Infosys, Apr 2014 \- Dec 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Developed core components of a large\-scale mail provisioning platform serving millions of users globally, using C and Pro\*C\. Designed and enhanced fault\-tolerant provisioning workflows involving MX, PTR and SPF record processing to improve delivery reliability\. Built real\-time service\-health monitoring capabilities that improved operational visibility and accelerated root\-cause isolation\. Delivered a zero\-data\-loss mailbox migration capability using synchronized replication pipelines and coordinated DNS cutover across distributed data centers\. Collaborated with architects and QA teams across a globally distributed engineering organization on HLD, testing, performance optimization and production reliability\.

System Engineer at Infosys, Sep 2010 \- Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(BTech\), Computer Science, Dehradun Insitute of Technology

## Public links

- leetcode: https://leetcode\.com/user2421j

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