Abdul Khadar

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India4 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

4+ years of experience in backend engineering.
Led successful deployment of high-throughput network platform.
Expert in building microservices and optimizing performance.

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Skills

Core Skills

GoMicroservices ArchitectureDistributed SystemsPerformance OptimizationCybersecurity

Other Skills

APIsAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsBackendBashC (Programming Language)C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cloud-initCloud-native platformsCommunicationComputer ScienceContainerization

About

Khadar is a backend engineer with 4+ years of experience building reliable, high-performance systems across infrastructure and cloud-native environments. He specializes in system-level development, distributed backend services, and multi-vendor platform integration using Rust, Go, and Python. At Nutanix, Khadar builds backend services and APIs that power hardware orchestration across OEM platforms. He’s developed microservices in Go with gRPC, contributed reusable Rust modules, and improved platform integration workflows—boosting coverage by 30% and cutting onboarding time in half. Previously at Sandvine, he worked on the backend of a high-throughput network platform, containerized services for Kubernetes/OpenShift, and built real-time data pipelines to monitor customer deployments. He’s led performance tuning efforts, handled live production escalations, and contributed to core infrastructure codebases. Core skills: Go, Rust, Python, gRPC, REST APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Distributed Systems, Observability, Microservices Architecture, Performance Optimization

Experience

Nutanix

Member of Technical Staff - 3

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Part of the Platforms & Partners – Engineering (PPE) team, focused on AHV core platform services and hardware integration.

GogRPCRustAPIsMicroservicesMicroservices Architecture

Sandvine

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

iQ52600V2 Network Intelligence Platform: Led the development team in the virtualization efforts of Sandvine’s flagship network product using KVM/Qemu and Cloud-init, actively participating in First Office Application phase by overseeing the initial deployment and pilot stage leading to successful greenfield production deployments at customer sites for a Telecommunications giant. The platform has surpassed a revenue milestone of $50M, reflecting its significant impact and success.
Directed a series of optimizations including the implementation of CPU isolation techniques, I/O operations using Virtio drivers and enabling hugepages for more efficient memory management. This resulted in an enhancement of the platform’s throughput by 20% reaching 600Gbps, supporting 150M connections, 5M connections/sec, and 30M subscribers.
Call-Home Data Pipeline: Designed and implemented a data pipeline for real-time monitoring of customer deployments, enabling swift issue resolution and proactive support. The pipeline collects and transmits essential configuration, performance, and error data periodically, enhancing insights into product usage and configuration.
Elevated data collection capabilities by implementing enhancements to gather comprehensive usage statistics across 50+ critical data points, contributing to more nuanced insights and informed decision-making.
Reviewer and Approver for the core platform code base of Sandvine products.

KubernetesCloud-initKVM/QemuData PipelinePerformance OptimizationDistributed Systems

Software Engineer II

Jul 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

ActiveLogic Cloud-Native Network Function: Implemented the containerization initiative for Sandvine’s ActiveLogic product, creating new container images for ActiveLogic, Infrastructure, and Statistics pods designed to support deployments on cloud-native platforms such as OpenShift, ensuring the product’s future readiness.
Adhered to the design principles outlined by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) for CNFs, ensuring the delivery of dynamic scaling, resiliency, and high availability through Kubernetes-orchestrated containers.
SNMP and Alarms Guide: As the Product Owner for SNMP and Alarms Guide, led the documentation initiative, producing comprehensive content from Management Information Base files, ensuring accuracy and clarity for the customers.
Provided critical support to the CTS team in swiftly resolving 25+ escalated customer problems and complex field reported issues by identifying root cause and implementing effective solutions.

KubernetesContainerizationCloud-native platformsDocumentationDistributed SystemsMicroservices Architecture

Capgemini

Software Engineer

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 · 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Contributed to the Privilege Access Management team for a German client within the cybersecurity domain, leveraging CyberArk as the platform for executing diverse access management tasks in adherence to agile methodologies. Automated manual processes using CyberArk RestAPIs and Postman, streamlining workflows for increased efficiency and security in privilege access management.

CyberArkRestAPIsAgile MethodologiesCybersecurity

Hack36

Marketing Lead

Feb 2021 – Apr 2021 · 2 mos

Facilitated sponsorship of ₹2.5 Lakh+ from 10+ companies for the annual hackathon of MNNIT, Hack36
Attracted sponsors from all over the globe taking the hackathon truly global.
Opened the hackathon to global participation through MLH 2021 season for the first time.

Cisco

Maker at Cisco thingQbator Internship Program

Jun 2020 – Jul 2020 · 1 mo

Interned in the Learning Track under the domain Safe Space for Youth to Express their Emotions
Conducted wide-scale research for Root Cause Analysis
Engineered a cohesive ecosystem using IBM Watson and WordPress