Sarath Lakshman
Director Of Engineering, Storage at Couchbase
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarath Lakshman is a seasoned technology leader with 17 years of experience building high-performance storage engines and distributed database systems, currently serving as Director of Engineering, Storage at Couchbase in California. He has driven next-generation cloud-native storage platforms and previously architected breakthrough engines like Plasma and Magma that delivered up to 5x throughput improvements and 10x lower TCO. Known for lock-free data structures, SSD/DRAM-optimized logs, and memory-optimized indexes, he blends deep systems-level engineering with product-focused outcomes. Earlier roles at Zynga and open-source contributions during multiple Google Summer of Code projects show a long-standing commitment to practical, community-oriented tooling. He’s also an author of a Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, reflecting an enduring affinity for tooling and automation beyond core database work. Colleagues describe him as a hacker-engineer who translates low-level innovations into reliable, scalable production systems.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
2011 Computer Science and Engineering, 2011 Computer Science and Engineering at Model Engineering College, Cochin
Github Skills (97)
programming-language10
kaitai-struct10
interpreter10
blockstack10
memory-allocation10
client-library10
nosql10
mmap10
lru10
sql10
golang10
plutus10
database10
storage10
bitcoin10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
t3rm1n4l/dot-vim
Sep 2012 - Mar 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 1 push in 5 years 7 months
t3rm1n4l/indexing
Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:125 pushes, 35 branches in 3 years 1 month
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