Gaurav Ghildiyal
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGaurav Ghildiyal is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native networking and developer-facing systems at Google, currently focused on Kubernetes Networking. He brings full-stack instincts—demonstrated by UI and feature work on the popular open-source reverse-engineering platform Cutter—and backend/DevOps improvements to projects like kubernetes/ingress-gce, where he enhanced logging and fixed multi-zone NEG issues. A competitive programmer active as "m0nk3ydluffy" and an Emacs enthusiast, he combines strong algorithmic problem-solving with practical production engineering. His background from NIT Kurukshetra and consistent contributions to high-impact open-source repos reflect a blend of rigorous academic grounding and collaborative, operationally minded coding.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
XII, 97.75%, XII, 97.75% at St. Joseph's College, NainitalBachelor's degree, Information Technology, 9.31, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, 9.31 at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana
Github Skills (18)
cut10
kubernetes10
c-language10
qt10
klog10
slicer10
ingress10
cookiecutter10
gcp10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
windows-gui10
reverse-engineering10
cprogramming-language10
devops10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/ingress-gce
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Ingress controller for Google Cloud
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:141 reviews, 5 commits, 87 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Gaurav contributed to the `kubernetes/ingress-gce` repository by updating dependencies and adding contextual logging to various components, especially the NEG controller. They updated the klog version and made changes to improve the logging within the NEG controller and its related components. Furthermore, the user fixed an issue regarding NEG creation in a new zone when the cluster spans into the new zone. These contributions indicate a focus on improving the operational aspects of the ingress controller.
loadbalancergcpcontrollergoogleingress-controller
rizinorg/cutter
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Free and Open Source Reverse Engineering Platform powered by rizin
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 44 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Gaurav contributed significantly to the Cutter reverse engineering platform, primarily focusing on UI enhancements and feature implementations. They added a dialog for displaying infinite progress bars during script execution and incorporated support for automatically saving and opening recent folders within the application. Furthermore, they implemented features for the types widget, including export, load, and delete functionalities. The user also improved the functionality of the hex-dump widget, fixed memory leaks, and refactored the code.
rizinsecuritycybersecurityguiengineering
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