Sai Kota
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Newark, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSai Kota is a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in data engineering, Go, and Kafka while driving product-focused backend solutions at LinkedIn. He blends a strong product mindset with frontend roots from earlier roles at Macy's, Walmart eCommerce, and LendingClub, enabling him to bridge customer-facing UX and scalable data pipelines. Sai’s background includes senior Java development and a CS master’s with a networking focus, informing his work on robust, distributed systems. Based in Newark, CA, he is pragmatic about shipping reliable systems and often brings UI empathy to backend design decisions that improve observability and user impact.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology at Padmasri Dr.B.V. Raju institute of technologyMaster of Science, Computer science with Computer Networking as my major, Master of Science, Computer science with Computer Networking as my major at University of Missouri Kansas City
Telugu, Hindi, English
Github Skills (5)
testing5
rest5
api5
rest-api4
golang3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kotanetes/go-test-it
Mar 2020 - May 2020
REST API automated testing package in GO
Contributions:5 releases, 34 commits, 10 PRs in 1 month
golangapiautomated-testingtestingrest
kotanetes/go-graphql
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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