Nihar Mitra
Software Engineer at DoorDash
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolNihar Mitra is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently at DoorDash after a recent role rebuilding Splunk SOAR’s automation backend to meet FedRAMP Moderate requirements for government customers. A UCLA CS graduate, he specializes in backend systems, API design, and performance optimization—having written OpenAPI specs, implemented Protobuf RPC messaging, and used Docker to harden deployments. He has a strong track record in applied performance engineering from internships and research (including profiling distributed training systems and load testing with Locust), and early leadership building reusable robotics software and motion control. Nihar combines product-focused engineering with security and compliance experience, making him adept at shipping reliable, auditable systems for regulated environments.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesPalo Alto Senior High School
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
python9
discounts8
robot6
boto6
amazon-web-services6
aws-sdk6
camp5
robotics5
robotframework4
java4
test-automation2
brackets2
dashboard1
react1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
team8/FRC-2017-Public
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:128 commits in 3 months
niharmitra/dotfiles
Feb 2016 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 4 years
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