Krishna Kannan
Senior Expert Engineer at Shopee
Singapore
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Top SchoolKrishna Kannan is a Senior Expert Engineer based in Singapore with 11 years of software development experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Shopee. He brings deep expertise in Java, Android, MySQL and C#, and a proven ability to navigate and improve very large codebases such as mozilla-central. Krishna’s background spans research and product work—from NUS research engineering on mobile heritage apps to production services and microservices in e-commerce—reflecting a blend of academic rigor and pragmatic delivery. He was a two-time Google Summer of Code contributor, working on APK size reduction for Firefox for Android and building a native Syslog-ng Android monitor, signaling a long-standing commitment to open-source impact. Comfortable across distributed systems, NoSQL and mobile security, he focuses on high-performance and scalable mobile solutions. Colleagues describe him as a self-motivated, organized engineer who thrives on complex code and measurable product outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Computer Science, 8.64, BE, Computer Science, 8.64 at Thiagarajar College of EngineeringMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (8)
mercurial8
git-mirror8
gecko8
mozilla8
firefox7
git-clone5
git4
cli1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
krishnakannan/DS-Algorithms
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:164 commits, 1 PR, 152 pushes in 9 months
krishnakannan/krishnakannan.github.io
May 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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