Chaitanya Phalak
Senior Software Engineer at Splunk
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolChaitanya Phalak is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with nine years of experience building scalable backend systems, particularly around distributed systems, Kafka, Kubernetes, and observability. At Splunk he delivers high-impact solutions for data ingestion, transformation, and reliable delivery, with a strong focus on scalability, availability, and operational resilience. He brings practical DevOps and automation expertise—authoring CI/CD and Helm release tooling and contributing to widely used open-source projects such as the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib and Splunk Connect for Kubernetes. Comfortable in Go and Java, he has implemented telemetry exporters, semantic tagging, and resource-aware log filtering that improve data fidelity in production pipelines. A disciplined problem-solver with low-latency systems experience from his early trading-software work, he pairs hands-on engineering with clear communication and a penchant for pragmatic automation. Outside work he balances technical curiosity with fitness and competitive gaming, reflecting a blend of focus and rapid decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master of Computer Science (MCS), 3.82 GPA, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master of Computer Science (MCS), 3.82 GPA at Arizona State UniversityBacher of Technology - Information Technology, Information Technology, 8 CGPA, Bacher of Technology - Information Technology, Information Technology, 8 CGPA at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
English, Marathi, Hindi
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Github Skills (26)
kubernetes10
charts10
bash10
cicd10
charting10
automation10
go10
helm10
kubernetes-pods10
opentelemetry10
logging10
automations10
splunk9
aws-s39
python8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
splunk/splunk-connect-for-kubernetes
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Helm charts associated with kubernetes plug-ins
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 53 commits, 136 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Chaitanya primarily focused on setting up and automating CI/CD pipelines and release processes within the repository. Their contributions include creating scripts for building and pushing artifacts, deploying the connector, and automating the release of the Helm charts. They also added testing frameworks and linting tools to ensure code quality and streamline the development workflow. These changes directly impact the automation and release management of the project, streamlining its deployment and maintenance.
chartscharthelmhelm-chartsplunk
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
Apr 2021 - Feb 2022
Contrib repository for the OpenTelemetry Collector
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 8 commits, 6 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chaitanya contributed to the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib repository by implementing features for the Splunk HEC exporter, including TLS certificate verification and telemetry information. They also modified the k8s-tagger processor to incorporate semantic conventions and added the ability to filter and include logs based on resource attributes. Furthermore, they made changes related to attribute and resource handling within the entry and operator components, demonstrating a focus on data transformation and processing within the logging context.
contribopentelemetry-collectortracingtempoobservability
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