Nikhil Manchanda
Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikhil Manchanda is a Principal Group Engineering Manager based in Redmond with 13 years of experience building server-side systems, databases, and large-scale infrastructure. He blends deep C++, SQL, and backend expertise with leadership roles at Microsoft, SUSE, and HPE, and has shepherded open-source work as Project Technical Lead for OpenStack Trove. His hands-on background includes founding work at a startup and sustained contributions to Trove—adding backup/restore, security group support, and RPC features—highlighting a knack for production-grade database services. Nikhil pairs academic rigor from Dartmouth and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington with a practical focus on scalable, maintainable server designs and cross-team delivery.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of WashingtonAB Computer Science and Engineering, AB Computer Science and Engineering at Dartmouth CollegeISCE Science, ISCE Science at Bishop Cotton Boys' School
Github Skills (16)
databases10
openstack10
backend10
back-end-development10
python10
mysql10
database10
api-design9
restful-api9
testing9
api-rest9
docker8
service-provider8
rest-api8
dockers8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/trove
Nov 2012 - Sep 2015
OpenStack Database As A Service (Trove). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:53 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily contributed to the OpenStack Trove project by fixing bugs, improving the codebase, and implementing new features. Their work involved removing unused imports, updating virtual environment installation scripts, and fixing Pep8 tests. They also added support for Security Groups, introduced RPC support for queue deletion, and implemented backup and restore functionality for Trove instances. The user demonstrated strong skills in Python, MySQL, and the OpenStack ecosystem.
databaseopenstack
openstack-attic/database-api
Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:3 commits in 3 months
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