Pankaj Basnal
Staff Software Engineer at Coda
Bangkok, Thailand
Summary
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Top SchoolPankaj Basnal is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems that power scalable products across Big Tech and hyper-growth startups. He has a proven track record reducing operational overhead and release times—at Microsoft he cut release duration from ~2 hours to 10 minutes and slashed incidents from 200+ to ~5 monthly through telemetry and automation. Comfortable with distributed systems, cloud services, and infrastructure automation, he has shipped data-centric services, secure deployment tooling, and image production pipelines that saved thousands of hours annually. Recently based in Bangkok, he transitioned from senior engineering roles at Swiggy and Agoda to a staff role at Coda, bringing both startup velocity and enterprise rigor. Known for pragmatic engineering that balances shipping speed with security, he often surfaces hidden efficiencies in release and monitoring workflows.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering at Army Institute Of Technology
English
Github Skills (44)
deploying9
jboss9
python8
rhel8
ansible8
validations7
newsletter7
linux7
ssh7
docker7
azure6
macos6
fabric6
automation6
android6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
joshsoftware/lightair
Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
Newsletter Management
Contributions:155 commits in 1 month
newsletter-managementnewsletter
Pbasnal/InkWiseNote
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 145 PRs, 203 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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