Summary
Niranjan Neelakanta is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of deep expertise in distributed systems, storage and file-system internals, now serving as Vice President of Software Engineering in Bengaluru. He has driven kernel-level design and implementation of snapshot, replication and space-reservation features for enterprise storage products at Huawei and Nutanix, and earlier improved performance and durability for key-value and flash storage systems at SanDisk and NetApp. A hands-on architect who still writes and reviews production kernel and system code, he combines technical leadership of small teams with roadmap planning, release management and customer-facing delivery. Notably, his work includes designing directory-level snapshots and high-performance replication that outpaced incumbent solutions, reflecting a focus on pragmatic, performance-first engineering.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at Siddaganga Institute Of Technology (Official)