Rishi Misra
Advisory Software Developer at IBM Canada Software Lab - Toronto
Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRishi Misra is an experienced advisory software developer with over 25 years at IBM Canada, specializing in porting and enabling open-source and PaaS technologies on Linux on IBM Z. He combines deep systems and compiler experience from early career work on COBOL compilers and AS/400 platforms with modern cloud-native skills including Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, TensorFlow and Calico enablement. Known for hands-on CI/CD implementations using Travis and Jenkins and for leading cross-functional and remote teams, he bridges low-level systems programming and large-scale platform integrations. Based in Markham, Ontario, he brings a practical track record of customer-facing problem solving, performance testing at scale, and translating legacy mainframe strengths into contemporary containerized ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Sciences - Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Sciences - Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo
Hindi
Github Skills (187)
programming-language10
python10
windows10
security10
backup10
disaster-recovery10
deep-learning10
cpp10
migrate10
k8s10
volumes10
ml10
sdk10
neural-network10
swift10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
linux-on-ibm-z/rethinkdb
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 comments in 4 months
realtimejavascriptnodejsdatabaserealtime-web
linux-on-ibm-z/vmware-tanzu-velero
Apr 2025 - Apr 2025
Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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