Niladri Halder is a Senior Software Development Engineer with six years of experience specializing in backend and DevOps for cloud-native storage systems. Based in Bengaluru, he has driven storage resource management and CI/CD improvements in prominent open-source projects like OpenEBS, contributing Kubernetes-aware features such as owner references for block device claims and refining GitHub Actions pipelines. He advanced a Kubernetes image-caching operator by adding operational flags and robust e2e tests, reflecting a strong grasp of controllers, operators, and cluster-level tooling. Transitioning from technical support to engineering and now a maintainer role, Niladri blends customer-focused insight with production-grade engineering to deliver resilient infrastructure.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Meghnad Saha Institute Of Technology(MSIT)
Manage Container Attached Storage (CAS) - Data Engines in Kubernetes
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:7 reviews, 8 commits, 7 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Niladri Halder's contributions primarily focus on backend development and infrastructure management within the OpenEBS project. They refactored code related to storage resource management, adding features like owner references to block device claims, indicating in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes storage. They also enhanced the build and deployment processes by refining GitHub Actions criteria and adding build/push actions. Additionally, they contributed to the project's API by adding context arguments, updating versions, and refactoring code.
A kubernetes operator for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes, so application pods start almost instantly
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 18 days
Contributions summary:Niladri primarily contributed to the backend of the Kubernetes operator, adding a new flag to control job retention policy within the image manager. They made changes across multiple files, including the main controller, image manager, and test files, indicating a strong understanding of the system's core logic. Additionally, they added and modified e2e tests that validate the installation and deployment of the operator via different methods.
golangimageworker-nodesnodesoperator
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Niladri Halder - Senior Software Development Engineer 1 at OpenEBS