Vishwanath K
Lead Software Development Engineer at Altair
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolVishwanath K is a Lead Software Development Engineer based in Bengaluru with 9 years of experience building backend systems, automation tools, and BI-driven reporting solutions. He combines strong Python and PHP expertise with practical knowledge of MVC architecture, PostgreSQL schema design, and test harness development to deliver reliable, testable software. At Altair he progressed from QA automation to lead engineering, reflecting a hands-on approach to improving testing frameworks, logging, and memory/stability issues. He contributes to the notable open-source HPC project OpenPBS, focusing on backend improvements and DevOps-oriented fixes like preventing child-process hangs and addressing memory leaks. Comfortable across the stack, Vishwanath also brings experience in report creation (Pentaho, RML) and web services integration, making him effective at turning complex requirements into production-ready solutions. An engineer who blends QA discipline with backend craftsmanship, he often surfaces subtle stability and observability gains that improve long-term system reliability.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
SSLC, SSLC at Loyola High School, GadagBE, Electronics & Communication, BE, Electronics & Communication at SKSVMACET, Laxmeshwar,IndiaPre-University, Science, Pre-University, Science at J T College, Gadag
English, Hindi, Kannada
Github Skills (18)
python10
job-scheduler10
testing10
test-framework10
pbs10
job-scheduling10
hpc9
getaddrinfo8
c178
c118
devops8
clustering5
cluster-computing5
cloud-computing5
kubernetes4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
openpbs/openpbs
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
An HPC workload manager and job scheduler for desktops, clusters, and clouds.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:34 reviews, 15 commits, 21 PRs in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Vishwanath primarily contributed to the back-end of the workload manager, focusing on improvements to the testing framework and logging mechanisms. They refactored and enhanced the `pbs_testlib.py` file, modifying logging parameters and implementing checks. The user also addressed memory leaks in Python code and prevented child process hangs. Furthermore, they implemented features related to job stagein vnode and node sleep state handling.
slurmprovisioningschedulingclustersscheduler
vishwaks/openpbs
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
An HPC workload manager and job scheduler for desktops, clusters, and clouds.
Contributions:2 PRs, 114 pushes, 23 branches in 6 years 2 months
development-toolsclustersschedulerovirtjob
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