Ahmed Khan
Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmed Khan is a Principal Software Engineer based in Bengaluru with 7 years of hands-on experience in systems infrastructure, currently contributing at Broadcom after a multi-year tenure at Brocade. He combines deep embedded/OS-level insight with pragmatic DevOps practices, having improved SONiC build systems by modernizing Python3 compatibility, patching deprecated PyYAML usage, and integrating Platform Driver Development Framework support. His background includes advanced training from IIT Madras (MTech) and IIT Kharagpur (BTech) in electrical and communication systems, giving him strong foundations in low-level systems and networking. Known as an individual contributor who reliably bridges kernel/module changes, packaging, and automation, he excels at making complex platform codebases maintainable and deployable. An understated strength is translating hardware-adjacent requirements into robust software delivery workflows that keep production networks stable.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasBachelor of Technology Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Urdu, English, Hindi
Github Skills (9)
sonic10
python10
kernel-module9
i2c9
build-system8
devops8
c117
c177
yaml6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:135 reviews, 18 commits, 36 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily contributed to the SONiC build image by addressing compatibility issues related to deprecated PyYAML functions, ensuring the code functions correctly with newer PyYAML versions. They also worked on integrating the Platform Driver Development Framework (PDDF), which involved modifying kernel module code and Python scripts to make them compatible with python3. In addition, the user made changes to the PDDF utility, including installing and configuring platform API packages to ensure proper PDDF support on target platforms. These modifications included Python3 compliance changes and adjustments to the package installation process.
armv6installableimage-buildsonicbinary-image
FuzailBrcm/sonic-utilities
Aug 2019 - Aug 2022
Command line utilities for the SONiC project
Contributions:13 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 11 months
command-line-utilitiessoniccli
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