Punit Sharma — Product Engineer
I have always loved solving problems. Whether it was during my academic journey or diving into complex software architectures for the first time, I realised that for me, the most exciting part of engineering isn't just building something new, it’s the investigative thrill of figuring out why a system has stalled.For me, troubleshooting is the ultimate way to learn. Every bug is a story, and every system crash is a puzzle waiting to be solved.When I began my journey at Informatica, I found the perfect outlet for this passion. Over nearly six years, I moved from a Trainee to a Senior Product Specialist, specialising in the "impossible" cases—the critical escalations where production was down and every minute mattered.I became fascinated by the layers where software meets the metal. I spent my days (and many late nights) navigating the intersection of Java code, Linux Internals, and Network layers. I learned to "listen" to what a system was saying by using tools like gdb, strace, and tcpdump, and performing deep-dive heap dump analysis to hunt down elusive memory leaks and thread leaks. This led me to build custom Code Instrumentation tools and automation scripts to help my team catch failures before they became catastrophes.My natural curiosity for complex architectures eventually pulled me toward the world of high-velocity data streaming. This led me to my current role at Confluent as a Subject Matter Expert.Today, the puzzles are even more intricate. I focus on the Kafka Connect framework, debugging enterprise connectors that move massive amounts of data in real-time. When a data stream hits a bottleneck in production, I’m the one diving into the Kafka connect internals and other layers to get the data moving again.Last but not the least, If there is a "ghost in the machine," I will find it.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer specializing in Data Streaming and Troubleshooting.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 6 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Data Streaming
- Kafka Connect
- Troubleshooting
- Java Memory Leak
- Java
- Informatica Data Quality
Career Highlights
- Expert in troubleshooting complex software architectures.
- Developed custom tools for proactive failure detection.
- Specialized in high-velocity data streaming with Kafka.
Work Experience
Confluent
TSE(Subject Matter Expert) (1 yr 9 mos)
Informatica
Senior Product Specialist (1 yr 8 mos)
Product Specialist (1 yr 6 mos)
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
Placement Representative (11 mos)
Informatica
Associate Product Specialist (2 mos)
Associate Product Specialist (1 yr 5 mos)
Trainee Engineer (7 mos)
IQRA Technologies Ltd.
Iternship (1 mo)
Education
M.Tech at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
B.Tech at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Diploma Engineering at Government Polytechnic Kanpur Uttar pradesh Kanpur City
