Akash Singh
Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAkash Singh is a pragmatic software engineer with four years of experience building backend systems and cloud-native services, currently contributing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from Bengaluru. He specializes in Golang API development and Python backend engineering, with hands-on experience across storage stacks like ZFS and Lustre. At ConnectWise and HPE he focused on reliable, production-grade services; his open-source contributions to the high-profile OpenZFS project improved CLI usability and fixed critical concurrency and ENOSPC issues that impact data integrity. Comfortable working close to the metal of storage subsystems yet fluent in modern cloud patterns, he brings a blend of systems-level rigor and API-driven product thinking. Known among peers as “open to help,” he pairs practical problem-solving with a willingness to mentor and collaborate across teams.
4 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 7.12 CGPI, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 7.12 CGPI at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai
Github Skills (17)
filesystem10
openzfs10
command-line-interface10
c1110
c1710
system10
sys10
command-line10
systemd10
cli10
error-handling9
data-structures8
data-structure8
functional-testing7
jtest7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
openzfs/zfs
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 reviews, 6 commits, 4 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Akash contributed to the OpenZFS project by implementing and improving command-line tools and core system functionalities. They added features to existing commands like `zpool iostat -v` and `zpool list -v` to improve usability by displaying detailed device information. The user also addressed critical issues, such as fixing concurrent resilver initiation and handling ENOSPC errors related to quotas, ensuring data integrity and pool stability. Furthermore, the user introduced enhancements to the zfs redundant_metadata property, providing more control over metadata duplication.
openzfstarballlinuxfreebsdsystem-software
akashb-22/zfs
Jun 2021 - Dec 2024
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Contributions:120 pushes, 15 branches in 3 years 6 months
openzfstarballlinuxinitramfsbsd
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