Sumukha Vani
Senior Software Engineer at Uber
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSumukha Vani is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance network and security infrastructure for cloud-scale systems, currently focused on trusted identity and provisioning at Uber. He spent several years at Microsoft developing and qualifying SONiC, contributing to its REST APIs, build and utilities—work that ties into the Open Compute Project and is actively reflected in his GitHub contributions to sonic-net. His research background from Brown produced an ACM SIGMOD‑published paper on RDMA-optimized index structures, reflecting deep expertise in networks and distributed systems. Sumukha blends backend, DevOps and QA skills—writing tests, Docker/build integrations and automation—to ship resilient network OS features across switch platforms. Based in Seattle, he pairs academic rigor with practical engineering, often improving deployment and test reliability in production-like environments. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions at the intersection of operating systems, networking and cloud security.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Brown UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science and Engineering, First Class with Distinction, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science and Engineering, First Class with Distinction at University Visvesvaraya College of EngineeringHigh School, High School at VVS SPHSPre University Course, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Pre University Course, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology at MES College
English, Kannada
Github Skills (26)
api-rest10
vxlan10
docker10
sonic10
pytest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
configuration-management10
dockers10
cicd10
go10
rest-api10
test-automation10
bash9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 51 commits, 63 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sumukha primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the REST API within the SONiC build environment. They modified Dockerfiles and build scripts to include the REST API, set up authentication, and integrated it into the boot process. Furthermore, the user added configuration options for the REST API and improved the deployment setup by configuring the service to start on boot. Additionally, the user updated the configuration database for the REST API.
armv6installableimage-buildsonicbinary-image
sonic-net/sonic-mgmt
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
Configuration management examples for SONiC
Role in this project:Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:23 reviews, 22 commits, 38 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sumukha primarily contributes to the SONiC management project through the addition and modification of tests, especially related to REST APIs and VxLAN functionality. They implemented new REST API tests, including creating, deleting and testing incorrect CIDR addresses of routes, alongside testing the reset status of the RESTAPI server. Moreover, the user made changes related to the VXLAN configuration, including setting default VXLAN tunnel IP to loopback and increasing wait time for BGP session status. The user's work demonstrates a strong focus on testing and extending the functionality of the SONiC management interfaces.
configuration-managementansibleconfigurationsonic
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