Jai Asher
Software Developer at Amazon
California, United States
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Top SchoolJai Asher is a Software Developer with 11 years of experience specializing in distributed systems, cloud computing, and core platform development, currently based in California and working at Amazon. He has deep hands-on experience with large-scale pub-sub systems, having contributed to Apache Pulsar’s C++ client while on Yahoo’s Cloud Services team, improving message handling, authentication, and connection management. Prior roles at Amdocs and Ericsson gave him a solid foundation in telecom billing systems, performance debugging, and end-to-end enterprise deployments. Jai combines strong low-level systems skills (C/C++) with cloud and big data ecosystem knowledge, and a passion for problem solving and solution optimization. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern with a perfect GPA, reflecting a rigorous academic background paired with practical production impact. Less obvious: he blends protocol-level experience (e.g., Diameter-based charging) with modern distributed messaging work, making him effective at bridging legacy telecom systems and cloud-native architectures.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bombay Scottish SchoolMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer, GPA - 4.0/4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer, GPA - 4.0/4.0 at Northeastern UniversityBachelor's degree, Engineering, A, Bachelor's degree, Engineering, A at University of Mumbai
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Github Skills (23)
c-language10
messaging10
pulsar10
pubsub10
cprogramming-language10
testing9
server-client-communication8
client-server8
networking8
server-communication8
server-client8
debugging7
debug7
performance-optimization7
network-security6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apache/pulsar
Feb 2017 - May 2018
Apache Pulsar - distributed pub-sub messaging system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 64 commits, 185 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jai primarily contributed to the C++ client library for Apache Pulsar, making improvements to various components. They addressed issues related to message handling, including batch message processing and consumer statistics. Furthermore, the user focused on fixing tests and refactoring the client library, including changes to authentication and connection management, and improved code maintainability. These modifications reflect a focus on enhancing the reliability and functionality of the client.
event-streamingpulsarmessaging-systemstreamingapache
jai1/CTCI-Learn
Mar 2016 - Oct 2024
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 8 months
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