Saravanan Sellappa
Software Engineer at Nexthop AI
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaravanan Sellappa is a seasoned software engineer with a Master’s in Computer Science and over 15 years building robust systems and platforms, currently focused on AI infrastructure at Nexthop AI after a long tenure at Arista Networks and Cisco. He specializes in low-level systems software for networking and embedded platforms—designing shelf management, hardware abstraction, and reliability features for high-end routers and bringing up bi-endian systems on heterogeneous kernels. His background includes embedded VxWorks development at Xerox and tooling/automation work at HP, reflecting a strong blend of firmware, drivers, and higher-level platform services. Known for mentoring engineers and shaping development guidelines, he has a track record of reducing silent reloads and enabling in-service upgrades in mission-critical network appliances. Based in California, he pairs deep technical troubleshooting with pragmatic design for scalable, reliable infrastructure.
6 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at Colorado State UniversityBE, Computer Science and Engr, BE, Computer Science and Engr at PSG College of Technology
Github Skills (8)
armv610
sonic10
switch10
ansible9
configuration-management9
binary-image8
sdk2
eos2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
saravanansv/sonic-mgmt
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Configuration management examples for SONiC
Contributions:39 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
configuration-managementansibleconfigurationsonic
saravanansv/sonic-swss
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
SONiC Switch State Service (SwSS)
Contributions:25 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
sonicswitch
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