Pratyush Yadav
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolPratyush Yadav is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of systems-level experience focused on Linux kernel development, device drivers, and hypervisor integration. Currently at Google working on kernel support for Google Cloud, he previously drove critical kernel features at AWS including Kexec Handover design, live patching, and automation for CVE handling while maintaining the SPI NOR subsystem. He has a strong open-source track record—contributing to git-gui UX improvements and maintaining kernel subsystems upstream—and has discovered and helped remediate security issues such as XSA-448/CVE-2023-46848. Comfortable across firmware, U-Boot, and OS kernels, Pratyush blends low-level engineering rigor with pragmatic tooling and process improvements that scale to millions of hosts. Based in Warsaw, he pairs deep technical expertise with experience leading community-facing projects and student chapters, showing a knack for mentoring and coordinating cross-functional teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology Computer Science at Manipal Institute of Technology
Github Skills (8)
git10
shell10
tcl10
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
shortcuts8
keyboard-shortcuts8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
git/git
Aug 2019 - Mar 2021
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:52 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Pratyush primarily contributed to the git-gui component of the repository, focusing on enhancements to the user interface and functionality. Their work involved adding features like reverting selected lines and hunks, along with the ability to undo the last revert, indicating a focus on improving the user experience related to patch management. Additionally, the user implemented keyboard shortcuts to focus between different UI elements within the git-gui interface, and refined the commit message buffer, adding a horizontal scrollbar and enabling the use of Ctrl + Backspace/Delete for word deletion.
hacklanggit-clientmercurialfollowlibgit2
prati0100/resume
Jul 2018 - Aug 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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