Sandeep Koppala

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in enhancing system reliability.
  • Strong background in security and infrastructure.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Software Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Social Media infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software ManagementEngineering ManagementSoftware InfrastructurePython (programming Language)Distributed SystemsNetwork SecuritySystems Design

Other Skills

AlgorithmsApache FlinkApache KafkaAwkBisonCC++Compiler DesignComputer ScienceData StructuresFlexJavaKernel ProgrammingKshLinux

About

Experienced Backend Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working on large scale distributed systems and infrastructure. I am passionate about making systems scale, fixing operational issues and building reliable services. I have worked across a breadth of domains - security, video uploads and encoding, mapping, and most recently, fintech.

Experience

Google

Software Engineering Manager

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Unified Data Platform Core Infra Team
Software ManagementEngineering Management

Robinhood

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2020Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Software InfrastructureSoftware DesignPython (Programming Language)

Lyft

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2017Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Mapping & Locations: Building next generation of Lyft's Locations platform.
  • Process locations as a stream. Use streaming technologies (Apache Kafka, Apache Flink) to move and process locations data.
  • Streaming infrastructure to compare locations data and deliver accuracy metrics in realtime. Allow faster iteration of locations modeling.
  • Simpler, resilient infrastructure which can be scaled up better. Deliver more accurate locations data faster.

Instagram

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2015Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Instagram Core Infra
  • Shipped Instagram Live: http://blog.instagram.com/post/153474421572/161121-launches
  • Shipped longer videos on Instagram: http://blog.instagram.com/post/141905496242/160329-video
  • Shipped copyright checking for Instagram videos
  • Hacking on Instagram's videos infra to improve video upload efficiency and reliability

Facebook - infrastructure engineering

Software Engineer

Mar 2013Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Core Systems Security
  • Built security features for Tupperware - Facebook's managed services deployment platform.
  • Secure Thrift - Worked on building security for Facebook's backend thrift services which allowed services and clients to authenticate each other, and services can optionally put authorization controls.
  • Other security infrastructure - ACL management, ACL checking library, crypto and keychain infrastructure.

Bloomberg lp

Financial Software Developer Intern

Jun 2012Aug 2012 · 2 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Systems Design (Internal Systems)
  • Developed “runcs” for IBM AIX system – a tool for developers to run and test a change-set quickly without having to recompile and relink a huge UNIX executable.
  • Performed feasibility analysis for the tool on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures for IBM AIX.
  • Created a custom utility to list out the global symbols found in a given set of object / executable files.
  • Developed various options for the runcs utility – find undefined symbols, fix undefined symbols by adding the retrieving and adding corresponding object file(s) to the change-set, etc.
  • Skills: Shell script, C++, Perl, IBM Dynamic Linker.

Stony brook university

MS in Computer Science

Aug 2011Dec 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Stony Brook, NY

  • MS in Computer Science
  • My fields of interest are: System software development: Kernel development, Compilers
  • My strengths : C, C++, Algorithms, Operating Systems
  • Coursework (Fall 2011):
  • Operating Systems, Algorithms, Computer Graphics
  • Coursework (Spring 2012):
  • Network Security, Compiler Design, Fundamentals of Computer Networks

Microsoft india (r&d) private limited

2 roles

Senior Software Test Engineer

Sep 2010Jul 2011 · 10 mos

  • Project: HeadTrax for Microsoft IT

Software Test Engineer

Aug 2008Aug 2010 · 2 yrs

  • Projects: PCRS (Payroll Controls Reporting System) and HeadTrax for Microsoft IT

Education

Stony Brook University

Master of Science — Computer Science

Aug 2011Dec 2012

IIEST, Shibpur

Bachelor of Engineering — Information Technology Jul 2004

Jan 2004Jan 2008

Delhi Public School, Dhanbad

High School — Physical Sciences

Jan 2001Jan 2003

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