Sarthak Aggarwal
Software Engineer II at Valkey
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarthak Aggarwal is a Software Engineer II based in Seattle with nine years of experience building low-latency, cloud-native systems across finance and AWS services. He has strong expertise in Java, C++, and Python and a deep understanding of OS, OOP, data structures and algorithms, which he applies to scaling and enhancing distributed systems like OpenSearch and ElastiCache. At Citi he delivered production microservices and CI/CD pipelines for alternative investments and global trading, and at AWS he contributes to high-throughput storage and search infrastructure. A consistent open-source and individual contributor, he blends hands-on engineering with a knack for automations that materially cut operational effort. Known for clear communication and a habit of shipping side projects, he pairs rigorous academic roots (DTU, top CGPA) with practical impact in large-scale production systems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, 8.94 CGPA, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, 8.94 CGPA at Delhi College of EngineeringSenior Secondary, Science, 96.4 in CBSE Examinations, Senior Secondary, Science, 96.4 in CBSE Examinations at Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka
English, French, Hindi, Punjabi
Github Skills (40)
meilisearch10
key-value-database10
search-engine10
caching10
opensearch10
key-value-store10
redis10
nosql10
key-value10
periodic10
opensearch-dashboards10
analytics10
java10
restful10
indices10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
sarthakaggarwal97/OpenSearch
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
Contributions:527 pushes, 62 branches in 1 year 7 months
restrestfulsearch-engine
valkey-io/valkey-fuzzer
Oct 2025 - May 2026
A fuzzy testing framework for Valkey
Contributions:19 reviews, 11 PRs, 120 pushes in 6 months
testing
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