Summary
Swarup Donepudi is a cloud engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps platforms, now focused on developer tools for the AI era through Planton Cloud and Leftbin. He has driven Kubernetes and cloud reliability at Zillow Group and CDK Global and served as a staff engineer at Flexport, combining hands-on implementation with systems-level architecture. Based in Vitória, Espírito Santo, he blends startup grit with enterprise-scale operational rigor, routinely turning complex distributed systems into maintainable developer workflows. His background includes a Master’s in Information Technology and early research/teaching experience, reflecting a habit of pairing practical engineering with continual learning. An entrepreneur at heart, he channels production-proven cloud patterns into tools that help teams ship AI-enabled software faster.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Technology, Master's degree Information Technology at Illinois State University
English, Telugu, Hindi