Bhaskar Upadhyayula
Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Cupertino, California, United States
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Top SchoolBhaskar Upadhyayula is a Principal Software Engineer based in Cupertino with nearly two decades of hands-on experience building cloud-native SaaS and networking systems. He blends deep low-level networking and embedded systems expertise (VLAN, LAG, Ethernet OAM) with modern cloud architecture, having led multi-cloud Prism Access initiatives and introduced AWS CDK and X-Ray to production at Palo Alto Networks. Bhaskar has repeatedly reduced operational risk and upgrade windows through pragmatic architecture and playbook rewrites, and has built observability and audit logging features that improved customer visibility. Comfortable across Python, Java, C, and C++, he has moved from ASIC-aware packet processing to designing Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices and data pipelines. His background in mechanical engineering and later formal study in computer science and network defense reflects a curious, systems-oriented problem solver who thrives at the intersection of networking, cloud, and operational excellence.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBachelors Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiLittle Flower High SchoolEthical Hacking and Network Defense, Ethical Hacking and Network Defense at City College of San Francisco
English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (34)
web-application10
webapp10
python9
design-patterns9
property-based-testing8
scale8
quality-assurance8
large-scale8
anki8
testing8
system7
fuzzing7
test-suite7
java5
kairosdb5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
umbs/Notes
Aug 2013 - Dec 2022
Contributions:235 commits, 232 pushes in 9 years 5 months
umbs/practice
Jan 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:191 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
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