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title: "Chaitanya D - Staff Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Chaitanya D, Software Architect | Swedish Educated | Building systems across telecom, networking & cloud. based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code and geminicli."
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# Chaitanya D on Tal

## Headline

Software Architect \| Swedish Educated \| Building systems across telecom, networking & cloud\.

## About

Skills: C/C\+\+, Golang, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, REST API, Agentic Engineering, LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, AWS, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Sqlite, Databases, Graph Databases, git, jj\-vcs, Linux, C\#, VOIP, SIP,Network Packet Analysis, Wireshark, Data Analytics, DSL Parsers \(ANTLR\), System Design, OOP Design Patterns,Debugging / troubleshooting, Spirent Network Testing Hardware, Functional Programming Patterns, TechnicalLeadership, Collaborating with cross\-functional teams, MATLAB, Mathematica, CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Bluetooth stack\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

geminicli

## Work experience

Staff Software Engineer at Spirent Communications, 2019 \- Present · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, • Contributed as an architect to a cross\-functional and geographically distributed team that implemented performance enhancements to scale the existing application, driving $1M\+ in additional revenue\. • Enhanced the network test result anaylsis product by implementing massive\-scale \(scaling from 64K streams to 10M flows\) autonomous flow tracking feature along with real\-time event correlation\. • Feature evolution of a high\-throughput historical time\-series data engine along with production support\. • Engineered a cross\-platform log aggregation tool that ingests unstructured logs from distributed services across Windows, Linux, and Chassis nodes, transforming and streaming them as structured data to a centralized location\. • Extracted business domain logic from monolithic system \(C\#, C\+\+\) and architected corresponding micro\-services applications \(Golang, Docker\) for improved scalability and maintainability\. • Pioneered Golang adoption in the India dev center as the first engineer to contribute to a US\-led modernization initiative, paving the way for the broader team's successful transition to the modernized platform\. • Worked on legacy full stack composing of C\# UI, C\+\+ middle\-ware & Python hardware layer of the existing application to deliver a feature to obsolete legacy hardware within a few months of joining the organization\. • Mentored junior engineer to get up to speed with the existing application architecture and code structure\. Helped them to get going on bug fixing & feature development\.

Lead Software Engineer at Infinera, 2017 \- 2018 · 1 yr, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Implemented L2 switching features leveraging Broadcom SDK for data link layer network operations\. • Extended functionality of the optical chassis simulator, adding control plane capabilities for optical networking\. • Took initiative, beyond primary duties, to contribute to a NodeJS diagnostic tool for chassis troubleshooting\.

Senior Software Engineer at Actiance, Inc\. \(now Smarsh Inc\.\), 2017 \- 2017 · Less than a year, Bengaluru Area, India, • Resolved critical instability issues and performance bottlenecks in the STUN module within six months of joining the team & contributed significantly to developing a recording solution for Skype for Business\. • Worked closely with the performance team to profile, optimize, and ultimately achieve a remarkable 30% reduction in memory usage and a significant 40% improvement in execution speed across the application\.

Senior Software Engineer at Unified Messaging Systems AS \(now Everbridge\), 2013 \- 2017 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, • Architected and delivered back\-end components for the IVR application and led end\-to\-end development of a call processing library for Dialogic HMP \(E1/T1\) telecom cards, applying advanced C\+\+ design patterns \(policy based design\), C\+\+11 features, STL, and Boost libraries while resolving critical production issues\. • Partnered with architects, remote teams, and sales across all phases — from product specification reviews, Developing POCs and project estimation along with managing production MS\-SQL database servers\.

Research Engineer at Fraunhofer\-Gesellschaft, 2011 \- 2011 · Less than a year, Munich, Carried out research in the field of Smart Grids with reference to German government \(BSI\) protection profile for Smart Grids\. This was also a part of my Master thesis work which was later presented in Sweden at KTH\. Technologies \(skills\): Smart Grids, Smart Meters, Network Security, TCP/IP, TLS, DTLS, Research\.

## Education

Master of Science, Communication Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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