Sanskar Jhajharia
Senior Software Engineer at Confluent
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSanskar Jhajharia is a Senior Software Engineer with three years of experience building cloud-native, distributed systems at Confluent, where he progressed from intern to senior engineer working on OAuth 2.0 testing and core platform features. He has strong foundations in C++, Java, JavaScript, Python and MySQL, and has applied them to backend storage work in high-profile open-source projects like Apache Kafka, contributing refactors, optimizations and tests to its storage layer. His background blends practical trading systems and real-time event processing (Swiggy, D. E. Shaw) with research in bioinformatics and ML-driven genome assembly, reflecting a rare mix of production-grade engineering and academic depth. A confident communicator and TA-turned-mentor, he excels in cross-functional teams and teaching large cohorts, and outside work he’s an avid reader and community volunteer who enjoys retro music and spiritual literature.
3 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceHigh School, High School at M C Kejriwal VidyapeethClass 11 and 12, Class 11 and 12 at FIITJEE
Hindi, English, Marwari
Github Skills (8)
javas10
storage10
kafka10
filesystem10
java10
scala10
jtest9
junit9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/kafka
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Mirror of Apache Kafka
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 34 PRs, 103 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Sanskar primarily contributed to the storage module within the Apache Kafka repository, focusing on code cleanup and improvements. The commits involve modifications to core Java classes related to epoch handling, offset maps, and log segment management. These changes include refactoring, optimization, and bug fixes within critical components of Kafka's storage infrastructure. Furthermore, the user added and modified tests that confirm their contribution.
apache-kafkakafka-consumerapachescalakafka
sjhajharia/kafka
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Mirror of Apache Kafka (sjhajharia)
Contributions:161 pushes, 33 branches in 1 year 2 months
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