Summary
Akhil Sundaram is a platform engineer and UIUC Computer Science master's candidate (May 2025) with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and security-focused DevOps tooling. He spent four years at LogMeIn/GoTo advancing cross-cloud migrations, disaster recovery, patching, and performance optimization, and is now focused on pushing resource allocation and performance boundaries for large-scale distributed applications. Based in California, he blends systems-level curiosity with production reliability, tackling real-time and storage challenges as well as cloud security hardening. Akhil’s background spans both engineering and operations roles, giving him a pragmatic lens for designing resilient platforms that simplify complex operational workflows. He’s known for turning thorny system tradeoffs into measurable improvements in availability and efficiency while pursuing research-driven approaches during graduate study.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at PES University
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Sindhi high school