Satyam Soni

Product Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India3 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Former Kubernetes Release Notes Lead for v1.32.
CNCF Ambassador and organizer of Asia's largest Cloud Native community.
Presented at major conferences including KubeCon and openSUSE Summit.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Native and AI technology expert with strong community engagement skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud NativeCommunicationManagementCloud-native ApplicationsKubernetesProject ManagementCollaboration

Other Skills

Go (Programming Language)LeadershipPublic SpeakingAdvocacyProblem SolvingDevOpsStrong written and verbal communications skillsGitHubGitEnglishPython (Programming Language)Front-End DevelopmentVideo EditingJavaScriptHTML5

About

Satyam works at the intersection of AI and cloud-native technologies. He is a former member of the Kubernetes release team, serving as Release Notes Lead for v1.32, with experience in release engineering and a Google Summer of Code contributor at openSUSE. He has presented at leading conferences, including KubeCon London, KubeCon China, and the openSUSE Summit in Japan and India. A CNCF Ambassador and Kubernetes Community Days New Delhi organizer, he leads Asia’s largest Cloud Native community based in New Delhi, India.

Experience

3 yrs

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Opensuse project

GSoC Mentor

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · United States · Remote

Cloud native computing foundation (cncf)

8 roles

Kuberentes v1.34 Release Management Shadow

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

Branch Manager Shadow, kuberentes v1.33

Jan 2025 – Apr 2025 · 3 mos · Remote

Kubernetes Release Notes lead

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 · 4 mos · Remote

Nominated to lead Release Notes for demonstrated competence and commitment; oversee release notes for upcoming Kubernetes version 1.32. Debug krel tool in Golang to automate the generation of release notes, streamlining documentation processes. Mentor new shadows within the Release Notes team.

Kubernetes Release shadow, v1.31

Promoted

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · Remote

Responsible for collecting and fine-tuning release-notes from many contributions to Kubernetes between release cycles using a tool called Krel, developed by Kubernetes release engineering team.
Collected Major themes of the Kubernetes Release

CNCF Ambassador

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Engage and enable CNCF community through stimulating events, creating content and providing mentorships.
Foster strong community collaboration and relationships
Attracts and onboard new community members
Provides valuable input and feedback to the CNCF about community programs and initiatives
Promote cloud native technologies and CNCF projects globally

CommunicationCloud NativeGo (Programming Language)

Kubernetes Release shadow, v1.30

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 · 3 mos · Remote

Responsible for collecting and fine-tuning release-notes from many contributions to Kubernetes between release cycles using a tool called Krel, developed by Kubernetes release engineering team.
Collected Major themes of the Kubernetes Release

Strong written and verbal communications skillsKubernetesProject Management

Zero to Merge Incubator Mentee

Aug 2023 – Sep 2023 · 1 mo · Remote

Zero to Merge Incubator, a four-week intensive program designed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). The program equips participants with the skills and knowledge required to effectively engage with CNCF project maintainers, identify challenges within the cloud native ecosystem, collaborate on open GitHub issues, and contribute through Pull Requests (PRs).

Cloud Native New Delhi Organizer

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Remote

Scaled this comnunity to Asia's largest Cloud Native Community.
Educating folks in tech by holding workshops, presentations and events across Delhi
Building community of cloud native practitioners

ManagementLeadershipCloud-Native ApplicationsPublic SpeakingAdvocacyProblem Solving+1

Devtron inc.

OSS Developer

Nov 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Cloud-Native ApplicationsCommunicationCollaboration

Google summer of code

Google Summer of Code MLOps Engineer (OpenSUSE)

May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 3 mos · Utah, United States · Remote

Developed and containerized finance ML workloads for an edge ecosystem, enhancing data processing capabilities. Implemented models for credit decisioning to streamline lending journeys, improving operational efficiency. Deployed microservices using Rancher by OpenSUSE to leverage compute elements closer to data generation for rapid adaptation, predictions, and comprehensive business analytics. Published solution stacks on SUSE’s technical documentation site.