Abhishek Raut
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhishek Raut is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in container networking, Kubernetes, and cloud-native security, currently managing Stripe’s Kubernetes platform from San Jose. He has deep hands-on expertise from long tenures at VMware and Cisco, contributing to projects like Antrea (Kubernetes networking with Open vSwitch) and OpenStack Neutron where he built Nexus 1000V support and VXLAN enhancements. Known for modernizing controller code, implementing CRD status handling and storage interfaces, he bridges low-level networking virtualization with Kubernetes-native designs. His work consistently targets reliability and lifecycle correctness for multi-cluster and policy-driven networking. A Cornell MEng in Computer Science, he combines enterprise-grade product engineering with sustained open-source contributions, which signal both technical depth and a commitment to community-driven networking solutions.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Computer Science, MEng, Computer Science at Cornell UniversityBE, Computer Engineering, BE, Computer Engineering at Mumbai University
Github Skills (21)
kubernetes10
python10
cni10
networking10
security10
crt10
go10
openstack10
service-design10
kubernetes-pods10
service-provider10
cisco10
api-design9
restful-api9
architecture9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
antrea-io/antrea
Aug 2019 - Aug 2022
Kubernetes networking based on Open vSwitch
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Kubernetes Engineer
Back-end Developer & Kubernetes EngineerContributions:629 reviews, 103 commits, 193 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Abhishek primarily focused on refactoring and improving the Antrea controller's code, specifically by adding features and fixing bugs. They modernized controller method names to match Kubernetes upstream conventions and implemented storage interfaces. Further contributions include adding essential functionalities such as support for ClusterGroups, NetworkPolicy, and validation of these CRDs, indicating a focus on networking and security aspects of the project. Also, the addition of the status sub-resource for multi-cluster CRDs shows contributions to the deployment and lifecycle aspects of the system.
securitykubernetes-networkingnetworkingkubernetescncf
openstack/neutron
Jul 2013 - Apr 2016
OpenStack Networking (Neutron). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Abhishek primarily focused on enhancing the Cisco plugin within the OpenStack Neutron project. Their work included adding support for the Cisco Nexus 1000V, introducing new resources like network and policy profiles, and extending attributes for network and port objects. They also implemented changes to accommodate the Nexus 1000V as a configurable vswitch plugin, demonstrating a strong understanding of network virtualization within the OpenStack ecosystem. The user contributed to enhancements to the VXLAN support.
ospfopenflownetwork-automationnetworkingsdn
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