Summary
Piyush Zambad is a seasoned staff software engineer with a decade-plus of experience building and sustaining high-availability network infrastructure and cloud platforms. He currently leads software architecture at Meta, following impactful roles at AWS where he contributed to data-plane NFV platforms powering tier-1 services like NLB and NAT. Previously at Cisco, he owned and modernized infrastructure components for IOS-XR, driving HA, software updates, and manageability, including SNMP, Telemetry, and Netconf. His technical breadth spans C/C++, Python, Shell, Linux internals, and virtualization (QEMU, Firecracker), with strong exposure to networking, telemetry, and cloud services (AWS, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda). He combines hands-on systems programming with design leadership, mentoring, and a track record of delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure across multi-year projects. Based in San Jose, CA, he holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State and a BTech in Electronics & Telecommunication from College of Engineering Pune.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), 93.33/100, High School, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), 93.33/100 at Fergusson College
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunication, 8.50/10, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunication, 8.50/10 at College of Engineering Pune
MS, Electrical Engineering, 3.79, MS, Electrical Engineering, 3.79 at Penn State University
Hindi, English, Marathi