Modita Behl

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable AI/ML infrastructure.
Led observability strategies for high-impact AI platforms.
Significant experience in network security and microsegmentation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Infrastructure Engineer specializing in AI/ML and Network Security.

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Skills

Core Skills

KubernetesObservabilityDistributed SystemsJavaMicrosegmentationCloud ComputingMicroservices

Other Skills

AlgorithmsApache KafkaApache ZooKeeperBootstrap (Framework)Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)CassandraData StructuresDjango REST FrameworkGitGo (Programming Language)GrafanaHTMLJenkinsLarge Language Models (LLM)Linux

About

Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable, reliable, and observable infrastructure across AI/ML platforms, cloud-native systems, and enterprise network security. I've led and contributed to high-impact initiatives at Nutanix and LinkedIn — from observability strategies for LLM inference and AI platforms, to designing secure network policies, to driving major performance and scalability improvements across backend systems. Skilled in driving cross-functional execution and delivering robust backend systems that balance performance, usability, and operational simplicity. I am currently working at the intersection of infrastructure and AI for Nutanix’s AI Platform team, focusing on API architecture and inference observability.

Experience

Nutanix

Member of Technical Staff

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Nutanix AI Platform: Private and secure centralized inferencing platform for GenAI.
Developing observability strategies for Nutanix's AI platform, enhancing inference insights.
Spearheading API standardization efforts as part of the East-West initiative

KubernetesPrometheusGo (Programming Language)Large Language Models (LLM)ObservabilityOpenAPI Specification (OAS)

Software Engineer

May 2024 – Dec 2024 · 7 mos

AI/ML Platform
Worked in the AI/ML platform team to scale online inference and enhance deployment safety.
Developed a certification mechanism that reduced main fleet freshness lag
Led initiatives to enhance control plane observability, ensuring high system reliability.
Contributed to a managed model-serving solution capable of handling peak QPS of 250K.

Distributed SystemsOpenTelemetryGrafanaJavaKubernetes

Nutanix

2 roles

Member of Technical Staff - 4

Feb 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

Flow a microsegmentation solution for the enterprise
Designed and implemented a Multi-Environment Isolation Policy.
Developed a one-click migration solution with self-healing and rollback features, boosting customer adoption of next-gen features.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment and timely feature delivery across PM, QA, UX, and development teams.

Distributed SystemsZero Trust SecurityCassandraGitMicrosegmentationCloud Computing+11

Member Of Technical Staff - 3

Jul 2020 – Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Flow A microsegmentation solution for the enterprise
Achieved a 75% reduction in memory usage due to exponentially increasing OVS rules, significantly improving scalability for large-scale deployments.
Delivered features such as policy audits, policy export/import, advanced filtering, streamlining policy management for customers.

Distributed SystemsGitCloud ComputinggRPCPython (Programming Language)OVS+5