Kush Chakraborty
Software Engineering Manager at Google
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolKush Chakraborty is a hands-on software engineering manager with 17+ years of experience leading global remote and hybrid teams and delivering large-scale backend systems. Currently at Google in Bengaluru after senior leadership roles at Flatiron Health and a brief co-founder/engineering lead stint at a health startup, he blends strategic management with deep technical execution. His career includes multiple software engineer roles at Google and contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Bazel—where he implemented a Persistent Java Test Runner and fixes for write-protected outputs—demonstrating solid systems and test-automation expertise. Known for moving between IC and leadership roles, he excels at mentoring engineers while driving CI/CD, build-system, and backend reliability improvements. Based in Bengaluru and educated at NIT Warangal, he brings a mix of startup grit and enterprise-scale engineering judgment.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
ICSE, ICSE at Lilavatibai Podar High SchoolBachelor of Technology Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology WarangalHigher Secondary Science, Higher Secondary Science at Mithibai College
Github Skills (9)
javas10
build-system10
bazel10
java10
test-automation10
shell8
script8
sh8
scripting8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bazelbuild/bazel
Aug 2016 - Sep 2018
a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:61 commits, 13 comments, 2 issues in 2 years
Contributions summary:Kush focused on improving the Bazel build system's functionality, with contributions including a fix for output deletion in write-protected directories and the implementation of a Persistent Java Test Runner. They also addressed a null check in ActionMetadataHandler and made modifications related to test runner functionality and error handling. Their work spanned integrating new features and maintaining the existing build system.
build-systembazelcorrectscalablemulti-language
kush-c/hello-world
Sep 2018 - Feb 2021
Code to bootstrap
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
bootstrap4cssbootstrapsnippet
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