Harsha Shekar
Engineering Manager at Plato
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolHarsha Shekar is an Engineering Manager based in Bengaluru with a decade of hands-on experience and a MS in Software Systems from BITS Pilani, known for leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable backend and streaming systems. At Atlassian and previously at MiQ and Edelweiss, he has driven microservices, CI/CD, and low-latency market-data platforms that improved deployment velocity and trading throughput by multiple factors. He combines deep systems engineering (C++, Spring Boot, Kafka) with people-first management—recruiting, coaching and mentoring engineers and new managers via Plato. Early work at Samsung Commercialized DRM and media frameworks on Android and Tizen, reflecting a knack for turning complex platform proofs-of-concept into shipped products. Harsha’s profile blends production-grade architecture skills with practical leadership, focused on observability, automation and developer productivity.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceB.E, Electronics&Communication, 84.24%, B.E, Electronics&Communication, 84.24% at RV College Of Engineering
English, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, TamilProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shekarharsha/coding-problems
Jun 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
shekarharsha/pet-clinic
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
Sample project to study features of Spring + Spring Boot
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 2 months
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