Shankar Hiremath — CTO

Leading multiple engineering teams at Confluent, responsible for building and releasing the Confluent Platform, and deploying & managing it via Ansible Foundation and Kubernetes (Confluent for Kubernetes). Experienced engineering professional seasoned through a wide range of technical and leadership roles in software development, developer productivity, Dev/Test infrastructure, quality, and release engineering. Build and retain high-performing engineering teams that deliver high-quality products and process improvements focused on enhancing developer productivity and product quality. More than a decade of experience building a world-class automation infrastructure, framework, micro-services, and developer productivity using the following technologies: Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, CI/CD, Jenkins, DevOps, and OpenStack. Broad Technology Domains: Data in Motion (Kafka), Data at Rest (Big Data Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Phoenix, Thrift & REST servers), Telecommunication Networks, Middle-ware Technologies. Broad Functional Domains: Software Development, Developer Productivity, Dev/Test Infrastructure, Quality Engineering, and Release Engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Engineering Leader with a focus on DevOps and automation.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 20 yrs 3 mos