Tarun Bedi

Senior Software Engineer

Seattle, WA, USA6 yrs 1 mo experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in cloud infrastructure development.
  • Strong background in backend engineering with diverse tech stack.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in SaaS and cloud-native solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsApache KafkaCloud InfrastructureMicroservices

Other Skills

JavaAWSGCPAzureTerraformPythonGolangGraphQLScalaGoPostgreSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)YugabyteDB ManagedYugabyteDB Anywhere

About

I am extremely passionate about building distributed systems and infrastructure that can scale to billions of users. Currently, I am a Senior Software Engineer II with the Kafka Storage team at Confluent, building core storage, replication and metadata systems. Previously, I was working with the Aeon team at YugabyteDB and the Exadata DBaaS team at Oracle Cloud. I graduated with a MS in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, with a focus on systems and machine learning.

Experience

6 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer II, Storage

Promoted

Mar 2026Present · 2 mos · Bellevue, WA

  • ◦ Building core metadata systems for Confluent's next-generation stateless Kafka engine (leveraging disaggregated storage), as part of the Kafka Storage team.
JavaApache KafkaDistributed Systems

Senior Software Engineer, Storage

Sep 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bellevue, WA

  • ◦ Built core data plane and replication systems for Confluent Cloud, as part of the Kafka Storage team.
  • ◦ Developed Intelligent Replication, the flagship feature enabling 10X performance improvement in Private Cloud.
  • ◦ Implemented BYOK encryption (Java) supporting multi-tenant security across AWS, GCP and Azure.
JavaApache KafkaCloud InfrastructureAWSGCPAzure+1

Yugabyte

Software Engineer, Backend

May 2022Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

  • ◦ Built greenfield mission-critical systems for YugabyteDB Aeon, a fully-managed and cloud-native DBaaS.
  • ◦ Developed provisioning, editing and scaling support (Java) for multi-region and read-replica clusters from scratch.
  • ◦ Enhanced the lifecycle management of AWS/GCP resources (via Terraform/SDK), helping improve resiliency.
  • ◦ Also worked on the resource-tagging script (Python), and VPC egress-rules for making clusters PCI compliant.
JavaTerraformPythonDistributed Systems

Oracle

Software Engineer, Backend

Feb 2021Apr 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Santa Clara, CA

  • Built cloud-scale database platforms, APIs and backend workflows, as a part of the DBaaS Control Plane team at Oracle.
  • Developed the Exadata Cloud@Customer service (Java), extending Oracle’s cloud database to private datacenters.
  • Enhanced and optimized the provisioning, patching and management flows of the control plane, and helped with oncall support.
  • Represented the database organization at various university events and career fairs.
JavaCloud Infrastructure

Juniper networks

Intern - Software Engineer, Backend

May 2020Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

  • Built persistent distributed storage services for a Kubernetes PaaS product, as a part of the Cloud Platform team at Juniper.
  • Developed bucketed storage support from scratch (Golang), and helped in making the service multi-tenant.
  • Enhanced the service's observability by pushing and serving key time-series metrics to a monitoring dashboard.
  • Received a return offer from Juniper on account of exceptional performance during the internship.
GolangCloud Infrastructure

Myntra

Software Engineer, Backend

Jul 2018Jul 2019 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Built mission-critical high-throughput backend systems and microservices, as a part of the Storefront team at Myntra.
  • Developed a multi-tenant API Gateway from scratch (Golang and GraphQL), and helped it scale to over 30kqps.
  • Helped re-design and optimize key API flows for scalability and performance, particularly for high traffic days.
  • Also worked on the request processing layer, authorization, rate-limiting, versioning and app layout services.
GolangGraphQLMicroservices

J.p. morgan

Intern - Investment Banking Analyst, TMT

Jan 2018Jun 2018 · 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked with clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) space, as a part of the Global Banking Group at J.P. Morgan.
  • Involved in corporate finance advisory for M&A and IPO activities, strategic re-structuring, divestment, capital raising and transaction execution.
  • Responsible for creation of pitch books, deal origination and execution support, company valuation using DCF, SoTP, LBO modelling, trading and transaction comparables.
  • Received a return offer from J.P. Morgan on account of exceptional performance during the internship.

Samsung electronics

Intern - Software Engineer, Performance

May 2017Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Built automation tools for batch benchmarking of Android devices, as a part of the Mobile Performance group at Samsung Research.
  • Developed user activity simulation and log analyzing scripts in Python, for flagging delay-causing events and evaluating OS updates in smartphones.
  • Tools deployed across the testing teams on multiple live projects, including the Galaxy S5 Neo OS Upgrade, and the Galaxy J7 Max, an unlaunched device at that time.
  • Received a return offer from Samsung Research on account of exceptional performance during the internship.

Grabon

Intern - Software Engineer, Android

May 2016Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Built a launch-ready Android application from scratch, for a leading Indian startup in the coupons and deals space.
  • App launched on the Play Store with a 4.6/5.0 rating and 100K+ downloads, within 6 months of launch.
  • Implemented exclusive features like a floating action button and notifications, apart from the basic activities.
  • Also worked on web scraping scripts (Python) and market research.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Master of Science - MS — Computer Science

Jan 2019Jan 2020

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Jan 2014Jan 2018

Delhi Public School Rohini

High School — CBSE

Jan 2000Jan 2014

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