Kishore Nallan

Co-Founder

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India18 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-Founder of successful SaaS startups
Expert in backend development at scale
Built projects with hundreds of thousands of users

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer with expertise in SaaS and distributed systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentSearch Engine OptimizationDistributed SystemsData ProcessingApplication Development

Other Skills

PythonJavaJavaScriptHadoopNode.jsHTML 5RESTWeb DevelopmentScalaHBaseGitMapReduceCascadingC++Kafka

About

I'm a backend engineer who loves working on hard problems at scale. I strongly believe in picking the right tool for the job. I've worked on everything from low level C/C++ to Java to Python to Scala. I'm also passionate about start-ups, hiring and user experience. I have built and launched a number of projects that have hundreds of thousands of passionate users from all around the world.

Experience

Zapier

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Jul 2016 – Apr 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Typesense

Co-Founder

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Typesense is an open-source typo-tolerant search engine for building delightful on-site and in-app search experiences.
We optimize for a batteries-included developer experience that provides relevant search results out-of-the-box with minimal operational overhead.

PythonJavaJavaScriptHadoopNode.jsHTML 5+11

Indix

Principal Engineer

Apr 2012 – Jun 2016 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

Built a distributed database in C++ for answering analytics and search queries with low latencies.
As part of the data platform team at Indix, I've implemented several algorithms for processing and deriving semantic meaning from a large volume of unstructured data. I've worked extensively on Hadoop, Map Reduce (Cascading, Scalding), HBase and Kafka.

C++HadoopMapReduceHBaseKafkaDistributed Systems+1

Thoughtworks

Application Developer

Aug 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Chennai. India

Worked on multiple projects that involved Python, Scala, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

PythonScalaMongoDBPostgreSQLApplication Development

Wreally

Co-Founder

Jan 2008 – Present · 18 yrs 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Wreally is a bootstrapped SaaS business I co-founded, where we build niche digital products in the business & developer productivity space. Some of our products have gotten significant traction and a lot of attention in the press.