Avinash Kumar
Software Engineer at Nexthop AI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAvinash Kumar is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building production systems across networking, autonomy, and energy-focused startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. After a long technical stint at Arista Networks, he moved into fast-moving applied AI and autonomy roles at Ghost Autonomy and Crusoe before joining Nexthop AI, demonstrating an ability to transition from large-scale networking software to real-world robotics and cloud-native ML deployments. He holds a master's in computer engineering from Santa Clara University and a BS in computational mathematics from UCLA, giving him strong foundations in algorithms and systems. Early work in imaging and threat-detection algorithms at Rapiscan signals a knack for applied signal processing and safety-critical software. Colleagues describe him as passionate about new technologies and pragmatic about shipping reliable, production-ready solutions that bridge research and operations.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Engineering, Master's Degree, Computer Engineering at Santa Clara UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (5)
eos10
sdk10
building-blocks10
switch10
golang8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
aristanetworks/EosSdk
Apr 2015 - Jan 2021
EOS SDK - write native apps for your Arista switch
Contributions:22 releases, 56 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 10 months
aristasdknative-appseosswitch
aristanetworks/goarista
Jan 2019 - May 2022
Fairly general building blocks used in Arista Go code and open-sourced for the benefit of all.
Contributions:1 release, 35 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 4 months
golangbenefitaristabuilding-blocks
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