Dinesh Chitlangia
Engineering Lead at The Apache Software Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolDinesh Chitlangia is an Engineering Lead based in Atlanta with nine years of experience building and scaling distributed systems and data analytics platforms. He blends hands-on backend engineering—contributions and release leadership on high-profile open-source projects like Apache Ozone and Hadoop—with customer-facing technical account leadership and escalation management at enterprise scale. Known for architecting secure, compliant storage features (audit logging, GDPR, key encryption) and shipping configuration tooling improvements, he translates complex technical problems into practical, auditable solutions that delight customers. He also mentors and grows high-performing teams, pairing analytical problem solving with stakeholder diplomacy to drive consensus. Unusually for a leader, he remains an active committer and release manager in Apache projects, keeping his engineering skills sharp while shaping community-driven storage technology.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, First Class with Distinction, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, First Class with Distinction at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityHigher Secondary, Computer Science, Higher Secondary, Computer Science at St. Joseph's College, Kolkata, IndiaHigh School, English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Hindi, Bengali, Computer Science, High School, English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Hindi, Bengali, Computer Science at Ling Liang High School
Japanese, English, Hindi, Bengali
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Github Skills (23)
ozone10
back-end-development10
oz10
object-storage10
hadoop10
java10
javas10
data-storage10
encryption9
documentation9
audit-logging8
html6
data-structures6
jackson6
angularjs6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apache/ozone
May 2019 - Jun 2020
Scalable, reliable, distributed storage system optimized for data analytics and object store workloads.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 31 commits, 122 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Dinesh primarily contributed to the Apache Ozone project by addressing issues related to the object storage system's functionality and documentation. They fixed Javadoc errors in `OMMetadataManager.java`, ensuring correct documentation of methods. Furthermore, the user enhanced the project by generating `ozone-site.xml` with default values in the Genconf tool. Their involvement included audit logging for ACL methods and implementing GDPR-related features, demonstrating a focus on both functionality and regulatory compliance within the system.
scalableredundantapachebig-dataspark
apache/hadoop
May 2018 - Oct 2019
Apache Hadoop
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:73 reviews, 19 commits, 45 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Dinesh primarily contributed to the Apache Hadoop project by fixing bugs and implementing features related to the Hadoop Ozone storage system. Their work includes fixing Java documentation, correcting a typo in a utility class, and addressing issues related to audit logging and GDPR compliance. The user also worked on generating configuration files for Ozone and modifying code for key encryption and decryption. These changes indicate involvement in both the core functionality and security aspects of the storage system.
apachebig-datasparkhadoopjava
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