Summary
J Kanna is a Senior Software Engineer with 7 years of experience building scalable full-stack systems across fintech, PropTech, and research domains. Proficient in TypeScript, Python, Golang and MySQL, he has driven major performance wins—such as a 20x latency reduction for multi-tenant search and sub-millisecond ranking for millions of listings—while architecting semantic search, real-time sync with Debezium/CDC, and OpenSearch-based notification services. An AWS practitioner comfortable with microservices, streaming (Kafka/MSK), and observability, he pairs backend efficiency with modern front-end work in Next.js/React. Active in open source since 2021 and a regular Hacktoberfest contributor to projects like Apache Airflow and Novu, he also mentors candidates as a freelance technical interviewer. Ambitious to become a Developer Advocate, he blends hands-on production debugging experience with a passion for sharing knowledge and improving developer workflows.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Thiagarajar College of Engineering
English, Tamil, French