Ankit Kumar

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Go and cloud-native technologies.
Strong background in building internal tools for developer experience.
Passionate open-source contributor in system design and DevOps.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and cloud-native technologies.

Contact

+918351802578 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

GoDevopsMicroservicesBlockchainPythonBackend DevelopmentC/c++Node.jsJavaCloud Computing

Other Skills

AWSAWS LambdaAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaApache ZooKeeperApache ZookeeperBlenderBloggingC (Programming Language)C++Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data StructuresDatabase DesignDatabase Management System (DBMS)

About

Hello! I'm Ankit Kumar, a Software Engineer at Weave HQ, where I specialize in Developer Experience, focusing on Platform Engineering and internal tools. I’m passionate about working with Go and cloud-native technologies, and I'm willingly contributing to open-source projects in these areas. With extensive experience in startups, I've been involved in building software solutions from the ground up. I enjoy writing blogs and contributing to open source, particularly in the fields of system design, DevOps, developer experience, deployments, infrastructure, and architecture. GitHub: https://github.com/ankittk Medium: https://ankittk.medium.com

Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Weave

3 roles

Sr. Platform Engineer • Developer Experience

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Platform Engineer • Developer Experience

Promoted

May 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

In DevX Team, So what does Developer experience do?
It is essential for every organisation to ensure the velocity, quality, and retention of a good engineering workforce, so building internal and deployment tools for weave platform engineering. The team handles the Ops work, fast and modern deployment, high resiliency, highly scalable and secure. So other devs can focus on their business with serenity.
Check our work here: https://engineering.getweave.com/
Stack: go, grpc, go cli, go tests, yaml, docker, kubernetes, jaeger open tracing, gitops, argo cd, prometheus, grafana

gogrpcgo cligo testsyamldocker+8

Software Engineer • Users Infrastructure

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos

Users Infrastructure Team: Building custom audit log tools and setting microservices with okta for authentication and authorization for weave security
Stack: Go, grpc, bigquery, gcp, okta

GogrpcbigquerygcpoktaMicroservices

Clubnft

Software Engineer

Feb 2022 – Apr 2022 · 2 mos · Remote

Early age startup, ClubNFT with the mission to build the next generation of NFTs solutions to help collectors discover, protect and share their digital assets.
tech: go, grpc, protobuf

gogrpcprotobufGoBlockchain

Blossom social

Software Engineer

Jun 2021 – Dec 2021 · 6 mos · Remote

Early Age Startup, Where I designed the initial services to design the product backend from scratch to their beta release.
Stack : Python, dynamo db, sqs, lambda,

Pythondynamo dbsqslambdaBackend Development

Samsung electronics

Software Engineer I

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 · 7 mos · Delhi, India

Was part of ACR team in Visual Intelligence Team at SRI Delhi (Backend Display Division)
Worked on the maintenance and stabilization of existing modules present around the automatic content and fingerprint recognition
Developed and deployed APIs with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability with different infrastructures for multiple microservices.
Built new features to enhance the capability of node running which helped in identifying critical performance-related issues like memory leaks, overconsumption of disk space, excessive CPU usage, etc. at a global level.
Achievements:
Worked in the existing project and team of the year award (ACR Team)
Regular code reviewer participation
Stack: C/C++, Node.js, AWS, Linux, Jira, Apache Zookeeper, Kafka

C/C++Node.jsAWSLinuxJiraApache Zookeeper+2

Algocademy

Software Engineer

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020 · 2 mos · Remote

Worked on multiple programming languages C++, Python, Java, and Go, Wrote clean quality code for some coding tutorials involving algorithmic challenges used in Algocademy. - Worked on LinkedIn bot which posts, likes, and comments on different posts for the Problem-Solving questions.

C++PythonJavaGo

Yulu

Software Engineer

Jul 2020 – Dec 2020 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Yulu is India's largest shared micro-mobility service provider using electric two-wheelers to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in urban India. Designed the POC, and participated in the database design which leads to the product test-drive app for Yulu and Bajaj Auto. - Code Refactored from existing Monolithic Service to Microservices in express.js, Stack: node.js, express.js, jira, gitlab

node.jsexpress.jsjiragitlabNode.jsMicroservices

Skillmap.ai

Software Engineer

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Responsible for setup of remote desktop sharing using VNC Server in the GCP, developing Java backend for maintaining and assisting data analysis, and suggesting methods of improvement and enhancement of WhatsApp chatbot. Stack: linux, java, python, gcp

linuxjavapythongcpJavaCloud Computing