Summary
Nikita Kodkani is a Lead Software Engineer with nine years’ experience specializing in Linux kernel, device drivers, storage systems, virtualization, containers, and low-power simulation. Based in Boston and currently at Cadence Design Systems, he has driven architecture and implementation of storage and microservice solutions for scale-out and container ecosystems across firms like Veritas and Symantec. He has deep hands-on expertise in SCSI/block drivers, IO scheduling, NVMe integration and building pluggable volume plugins and REST APIs that boost IOPS and interoperability. Comfortable across C/C++, Go, Python and scripting, he also architected test frameworks and improved Docker log management to make telemetry more reliable. He brings a rare blend of kernel-level systems expertise and cloud-native storage design, plus experience teaching data analytics during his MS at the University at Buffalo. Outside typical deliverables, he has presented on firmware interfaces and automated multimedia detection systems early in his career, reflecting broad curiosity and practical problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Systems, Master's degree Information Systems at University at Buffalo
Computer Science Engineering Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering Computer Science at Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha's Cummins College of Engineering for Women
german (a1 level), Marathi