Avinash Nigam

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 20 patents in distributed systems.
Led teams of over 20 engineers in high-impact projects.
Successfully scaled startup from 20 to 200 engineers.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software ArchitectureDistributed SystemsSoftware DevelopmentSystem IntegrationTechnical LeadershipProduct DevelopmentNetwork EngineeringWeb Development

Other Skills

Architectural & Scale ContributionsQC Rule EngineIn-House Ticketing EngineReconciliation FrameworkAirSearch latency optimizationGeneric Error FrameworkDistributed tracingDebugging toolsArchitectural ContributionsScalabilityReliabilitySecurityProduct Lead Growth platformGoogle Distributed Edge PlatformLow latency applications

About

With over 13 years of experience in building large-scale distributed systems, time-series stores, and search and information retrieval, I am an innovation champion with over 20 patents. At Google, I built foundational components of the Google Distributed Edge Platform to power low-latency applications, such as self-driving cars and 5G telecom applications. Prior to this, I built and scaled products at a startup to provide 360-degree visibility for data centers, which led to a successful acquisition by VMware. I also scaled the team from 20+ engineers to 200+ in the organization and expanded the customer base from less than 10 to over 1000. I have played a critical role in two successful startup acquisitions.

Experience

15 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Spotnana

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Architectural & Scale Contributions
Designed and developed the QC Rule Engine, enabling TMCs and companies to define MidOffice PreTicketing/Ticketing/PostTicketing rules.
Built an In-House Ticketing Engine agnostic to suppliers, saving $1 per PNR by eliminating third-party solutions.
Developed a Reconciliation Framework used across the company for various reconciliation and delayed processing tasks.
Optimized AirSearch latency by 25%.
Customer & Field Contributions
Designed and developed a Generic Error Framework to surface third-party errors, enabling easy configuration for L1/L2 support.
Developed internal debugging tools leveraging distributed tracing, allowing TMC Admins and L1/L2 support teams to diagnose API failures independently.
Leadership Contributions
Leading a team of 20 engineers to deliver key features across the company.
Streamlined hiring processes to build a pipeline of top-tier engineers.
Worked closely with Product Management, UX/UI, QE, and Backend Engineering teams to prioritize product requirements.

Architectural & Scale ContributionsQC Rule EngineIn-House Ticketing EngineReconciliation FrameworkAirSearch latency optimizationGeneric Error Framework+4

Samooha

Founding Engineer, Samooha Inc

Nov 2022 – Jul 2023 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Provided technical leadership and vision, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
Led the development and successful onboarding of the Samooha Product Lead Growth platform.
Recruited and mentored engineers, fostering a high-performance culture.
Researched and implemented the optimal tech stack for the startup's growth.

Technical leadershipScalabilityReliabilitySecurityProduct Lead Growth platformTechnical Leadership+1

Google

Lead Software Engineer

Feb 2022 – Nov 2022 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Google Distributed Edge Platform for low latency applications.
Google’s 4G/5G-ready Evolved Packet Core & Software Defined Network platforms
Led a team of 12+ engineers to develop tools for low-latency applications.
Architected scalable software solutions aligning with Google's infrastructure.
Provided mentorship and technical guidance through code reviews and best practices.

Google Distributed Edge PlatformLow latency applicationsEvolved Packet CoreSoftware Defined NetworkTeam leadershipDistributed Systems+1

Vmware

3 roles

Staff-II Engineer

May 2021 – Feb 2022 · 9 mos

Staff Engineer

Promoted

Aug 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Architectural Contributions
Designed and modified the existing architecture of existing distributed system pipeline and able to achieve
more than 25% to 30% performance improvement by reducing Memory usage by 20% to 25% of the overall
system
Optimized and scaled Network Insight 10 folds to provide single pane operational visibility of 100 K VMs and
10 Million flows. This required building better abstractions for batch and stream/micro-batch processing and
leveraging higher concurrency
Traffic Flow processing and analysis pipeline for collection, deduplication, stitching and aggregation for flow
traffic data at device line-rate
Feature Contributions
Lead the end to end development of VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud Support in Network Insight
Designed and developed Duplicate IP Addresses support for NetFlow/IPFIX Flows in Network Insight
Designed and developed the generic support of NAT, VPN
Designed and developed the Path, Layer3, Edge Topology, etc
Designed and developed a debugger tool for system which is later on transformed into a single platform/tool
to troubleshoot problems in the Network Insight system
Customer and Field Contributions
Spearheaded level-1/level-2 Engineering Escalation support from Network Insight Customer Tiger Team
Developed the First level debugging handbook to handle support escalations efficiently and objectively
Leadership Contributions
Helped to scale out team from 20-25 engineers to 100+ engineers in a short period of time by hiring and
mentoring the team.
Leading the team of 8 engineers to deliver several features in Network Insight
Working with Product Management, Design, UX/UI, QE and Backend Engineering team to simplify and
prioritize product requirements with pragmatic considerations

Architectural ContributionsPerformance improvementNetwork InsightTraffic Flow processingFeature developmentSoftware Architecture+1

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Jun 2016 – Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Arkin net (acquired by vmware)

Member of Technical Staff

Nov 2015 – Jun 2016 · 7 mos · Pune

Egain corporation

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2015 – Nov 2015 · 2 mos

Software Engineer

Apr 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Software Engineer

Jun 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

Handle the tasks of writing server-side code for J2EE based web-architected CIH platform, eGain
Implemented new features and API in “eGain chat” module ensuring compatibility in tools and interfaces
Developed and implemented API for “eGain video chat” module
Owned , designed and developed newly added module “eGain Analytics” in eGain product
Designed and developed cube in SSAS for “eGain Analytics”
Designed and developed the dashboard for various modules of eGain
Implemented “Single Sign on” to launch “eGain Analytics dashboard” from eGain application as well as from Excel 2010 by using various technologies (Java\J2EE, Rest web services,ASP.NET) together
Responsible for reviewing and gathering requirements for various software modules
Perform the tasks of designing software with guidance from senior engineers
Worked for UI development with JavaScript, AJAX and other similar technologies
Troubleshooting and solving internal as well as customer found defects

J2EEJavaScriptAJAXAPI developmentSingle Sign-OnWeb Development

Proteans ( acquired by symphony services)

Associate Engineer

Jun 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Created POC of Android Applications
Developed and enterprise application containing email client, contact manager, calendar and task manager for Android devices for Sybase (an SAP company)
Prepared design documents for applications developed for Android devices
Owned and validated all technical deliverables
Developed mp3 client for www.roohmz.com i.e. a business networking site by using Flex and .net