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title: "Thanmaya K N - Software Developer Engineer 1 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Thanmaya K N, SDE @ Infinera(Nokia) | Backend Engineering · AI/ML & GenAI | Java · Python · Kafka · gRPC · RAG Pipelines | LlamaIndex · PyTorch based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes cursor, hugging face, and langchain. Explore public work links including github and thanmayakn.hegde.workers.dev."
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# Thanmaya K N on Tal

## Headline

SDE @ Infinera\(Nokia\) \| Backend Engineering · AI/ML & GenAI \| Java · Python · Kafka · gRPC · RAG Pipelines \| LlamaIndex · PyTorch

## About

I'm a Software Engineer at Nokia \(formerly Infinera\), working on backend systems and AI/ML applications\. My work sits at the intersection of scalable infrastructure and GenAI — building things that actually run in production\. On the backend, I use Java\(Springboot\), gRPC, and Kafka to build and maintain microservices that handle real workloads\. On the AI/ML side, I work with Python, PyTorch, LlamaIndex, and ChromaDB to build RAG pipelines and GenAI systems, from data ingestion all the way to inference\. Outside of work, I contribute to open source\. One of the projects I'm involved with is Datagroom, a data quality and profiling tool\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

cursor

hugging face

langchain

mcp

ollama

vLLM

## Work experience

Software Developer Engineer 1 at Nokia, Jul 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Took full ownership of an internal observability tool for a separate engineering team — handled everything from scoping requirements to shipping it to production\. Cut down error trace time from hours to under 10 seconds\. • Worked across a large\-scale NMS product spanning multiple frontend and backend services, picking up features and firefighting production issues across the stack\. • Tuned performance\-critical sections of a Java\-based NMS feature, which ended up driving a 5x jump in application engagement under fluctuating network conditions\. • Developed and maintained service APIs and integrations using Java, gRPC, and Kafka as part of a distributed system handling real production traffic\.

Software Engineer Intern at Infinera, Jan 2024 \- Jul 2024 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Automated the API testing layer and wired it into the deployment pipeline, which knocked 25% off deployment delays and made releases noticeably more reliable\. • Shipped production code into a large enterprise NMS codebase, getting hands\-on with how scalable distributed systems are built and maintained in practice\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Information Science and Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/Thanmaya\-K\-N
- thanmayakn\.hegde\.workers\.dev: https://www\.thanmayakn\.hegde\.workers\.dev/

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