bharath bhushan

Software Engineer

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in building robust software solutions. I specialize in back-end development, and I create intuitive front-end experiences, bridging the gap between server logic and user interaction. I have been passionate about the idea of using software to solve practical problems. Software engineering is a never-ending puzzle that I am passionately engaged in solving. I believe in the power of programming to transform and improve the lives of people ar

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Citrix
2004 – 2007
Senior Software Engineer · Zscaler
2007 – 2011
Software Engineer · Google
2011 – 2014
Software Engineer (Consulting) · Appcito
2014 – 2014
MTS · Qubole
2014 – 2017
Member of Technical Staff working on big data and distributed systems
Senior Engineering Manager · Qubole
2017 – 2018
Led engineering teams working on big data analytics platform

About

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
MTech, Computer Science · 2002 – 2004
RV College of Engineering / Visvesvaraya Technological University
B.E., Computer Science · 1998 – 2002

Areas of Expertise

Big data processingDistributed systemsApache SparkCloud computing (AWS)Serverless computingMachine learning

Key Achievements

Worked at major technology companies including Google, Citrix, and Zscaler over a 20+ year careerLed engineering teams at Qubole as Director of Engineering and Senior Engineering ManagerCo-authored influential blog post 'Qubole offers Apache Spark on AWS Lambda' (2017) with Venkat Sowrirajan and Mayank Ahuja, which has been cited in multiple academic papers including SIGMOD 2020Maintained active technical blog (bharathbhushan1.github.io) with 50+ posts covering diverse topics from machine learning to distributed systems to GPU architectureContributed to big data and serverless computing innovations at Qubole

Personality Traits

Continuous learnerHumbleCuriousPracticalSelf-reflectiveDetail-oriented

Contributions

Co-authored 'Qubole offers Apache Spark on AWS Lambda' blog post (2017) that advanced serverless big data processingTechnical blog posts educating the community on topics including Spark internals, GPU architecture, machine learning fundamentals, and distributed systemsEngineering leadership in building big data analytics platforms at Qubole