Mallik Arjun
Software Engineer at Flipkart
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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SeniorMallikarjun V is a Senior Architect based in Bengaluru with 8 years of experience focused on distributed systems and database engineering, particularly Apache HBase. He leads NoSQL teams at Flipkart, driving an internal HBase fork, building a Kubernetes operator to migrate VM-based clusters to k8s, and owning backup-as-a-service and cluster reliability. Hands-on across backend, devops and platform tooling, he has contributed upstream to Apache HBase—improving backup/restore robustness and testability for a widely used open-source database. Trained in computer science with a cybersecurity-focused MS from NYU Tandon, he combines deep systems expertise with pragmatic engineering leadership and a habit of evangelizing technical practices through blogs and talks.
8 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
hbase10
databases10
java10
javas10
backup10
re-store10
database10
testing9
upstart6
ecmascript6
angularjs6
spring-security6
perl6
git6
algorithm6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hbase
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Apache HBase
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:28 reviews, 7 commits, 36 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Mallik primarily contributed to the HBase backup and restore functionalities within the Apache HBase project. Their work involved fixing bugs related to unused parameters in backup processes and validating backup ancestors to optimize the history verification process. Additionally, the user removed dependencies on storing WAL filenames and refactored backup tests setup. The contributions demonstrate a focus on improving backup reliability and efficiency.
apache-hbaseapachedatabasejavahbase
flipkart-incubator/hbase-k8s-operator
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Hbase operator for kubernetes
Contributions:1 release, 57 reviews, 22 commits in 1 year
operator-sdkkubebuilderclient-gok8s-operatoroperator
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