Manoj Ayyanavara — Software Engineer

Software Engineer passionate about building scalable cloud solutions and empowering teams to create efficient, unified, and future-proof architectures. At Cloudera, I’ve driven key initiatives across services, specializing in cluster lifecycle management, API design, and complex system integrations to bridge silos and streamline operations for modern data platforms. I joined Cloudera as part of the Compute UI initiative, developing it from the ground up to provide seamless cluster management for data services across SaaS environments. My work spans multiple layers of the cloud stack, where I've implemented Compute API with gRPC and Java, delivering a reliable and efficient API layer for data services. From there, I found my true interest in backend development and have since focused on evolving Cloudera’s infrastructure with Liftie, a critical service for Kubernetes cluster provisioning and lifecycle management. With Liftie, my role has expanded to transforming our API strategy by migrating legacy REST APIs to gRPC, paving the way for a single, streamlined API endpoint. This project not only reduces complexity but also enhances performance, security, and resource efficiency for every client interaction. Through this journey, I’ve built deep expertise in Liftie gRPC services, gaining hands-on experience in Go, remote procedure calls, and protocol buffers to deliver resilient, scalable solutions. I’m also deeply involved in Cloudera’s move to Externalized and Shared Compute Clusters—an architecture that standardizes our Kubernetes clusters across data services (like AI Inference, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Warehousing) and shared services (like Airflow, Data Catalog, Iceberg REST Catalog). This shift is set to minimize redundant infrastructure, simplify management, and bring a unified management console that reduces deployment time, centralizes monitoring, and enhances overall system reliability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Backend Engineer specializing in cloud solutions and API design.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 3 yrs 11 mos