Michael Kralka
Software Engineer at Abnormal Security
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kralka is a seasoned software engineer with 18 years of experience building system-level Linux/Unix software, from real-time embedded device drivers to large distributed services and security platforms. Currently at Abnormal Security and formerly a Staff Engineer at Twitter and Proofpoint, he blends deep C/C++ and systems expertise with modern Java/Scala and Python for scalable, secure infrastructures. He has a strong track record in multithreaded and multiprocess design, networking, and real-time executives, and is comfortable in customer-facing and collaborative environments. Known for applying broad theoretical knowledge to practical problem-solving, he often bridges low-level performance work with high-level distributed systems design. Based in the UK and trained at York University, he brings uncommon depth across both embedded and cloud-scale domains.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at York University
Github Skills (30)
fst10
strings10
nosql10
redis10
in-memory10
key-value10
disk10
database10
lists9
data-model9
bigtable9
memory-database9
in-memory-database9
redis-server9
message-broker9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mkralka/mkralka.github.io
Jul 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 6 months
mkralka/p13n-mkralka
Oct 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:14 pushes, 5 branches in 8 years 5 months
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