Arpit Sharma
Software Developer Engineer 2 at slice
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolArpit Sharma is a Software Development Engineer II based in Bengaluru with 8 years of experience building and deploying web applications using Go, Java, Python, and JavaScript, and a BTech from IIIT-Gwalior. He currently works on reliability and platform engineering at Slice, bringing hands-on expertise in system design, CI/CD, DevOps, and database management. A former Google Summer of Code student and mentor, he contributed backend analytics and installer improvements to the popular open-source chat project Zulip, demonstrating an ability to improve large, production-grade systems. His background includes internships at BrowserStack and Rakuten, plus SRE-focused work visible on GitHub, reflecting a blend of backend engineering and operational rigor. Colleagues describe him as a competitive programmer with a strong Linux and systems mindset who thrives on optimizing observability and deployment workflows.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology at ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management
Github Skills (9)
postgresql10
python10
analytics10
django10
data-analysis9
database-design9
open-source8
collaboration7
chat7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
zulip/zulip
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:86 commits, 46 PRs, 132 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Arpit primarily contributed to the analytics functionality of the Zulip project, focusing on adding features related to realm-specific analytics calculations. They added an optional 'realm' argument to existing analytics entry points and made adjustments to existing comments. Their work included modifying Python code to support single-realm analytics runs and restructuring code related to the 'FillState' object. They also fixed unique constraints on models and made adjustments to tests, indicating a deep understanding of the system's data analysis components.
pythonweb-applicationcollaborationzulipjavascript
arpit551/zulip
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
Zulip server - powerful open source team chat
Contributions:277 pushes, 46 branches, 1 comment in 8 months
team-chatchatzulip
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