Venu Tekula
DevOps & Systems Engineer, Analyst at BlackRock
Claymont, Delaware, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVenu Tekula is a DevOps and Systems Engineer with 9 years of experience building cloud-native, automated infrastructures and full-stack services for mission-critical platforms. Currently supporting BlackRock’s Aladdin environments, he focuses on high availability, release automation, and operational efficiency across global teams. His MS in Computer Science from NYU (3.9 GPA) complements hands-on wins like cutting deployment time by 62% at FloodNet and improving payment processing for Bahmni by 40%. A strong open-source contributor, Venu has back-end and analytics work in GrimoireLab/Perceval and contributed to OpenSearch via programs mentored by Amazon engineers. He combines Python/Java expertise with Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS to deliver resilient microservices and observable systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who pairs rigorous academic research (OpenSSF license-compliance tooling) with practical production impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, 8.26 / 10, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, 8.26 / 10 at Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.9 / 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.9 / 4.0 at New York UniversitySummer School Student, Data Mining and Business Intelligence with applications in Cyber Security, Summer School Student, Data Mining and Business Intelligence with applications in Cyber Security at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
English, Telugu, Hindi
Github Skills (16)
html10
github10
python10
back-end-development10
animation10
multiproject10
documentation10
python-scripts9
front-end-development9
javascript8
css8
data-mining8
data-visualizations6
data-visualization6
data-visualisation6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
chaoss/grimoirelab
Mar 2020 - Feb 2022
GrimoireLab: platform for software development analytics and insights
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 19 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Venu primarily focused on updating the GrimoireLab website and documentation. They replaced outdated links, added information about the MSR 2022 Hackathon and Hacktoberfest, and updated screenshots. The contributions also included typo fixes and updates to the "Built with GrimoireLab" section, demonstrating involvement in front-end and content updates.
analyticssoftware-analyticsdata-miningdata-visualizationgrimoirelab
chaoss/grimoirelab-perceval
Apr 2019 - Oct 2022
Send Sir Perceval on a quest to retrieve and gather data from software repositories.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:47 reviews, 31 commits, 36 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Venu primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Perceval project, as evidenced by their work on documentation, the GitHub backend, and updates to license/copyright information across multiple core files. They updated docstrings for GitHub and GitLab backends and improved category descriptions. Further contributions involved updating license information across the project and adjusting the setup.py to accommodate new dependencies. They also modified the entrypoint for the `perceval` script.
repositoriespercevalpythonpypiquest
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