Vishwanath Seshagiri is a Research Scientist at Meta’s Linux Kernel team with a decade of systems and distributed-systems experience, focused on virtualization and kernel-level performance. He completed a PhD at Emory researching kernel bypass OS techniques for high-load microservices, developing zero-copy cache stacks and serverless network stack designs using DPDK/SPDK and specialized hardware. His background spans applied roles at AWS (S3 teams), a distributed tracing internship, and full-stack Python product work, giving him both deep kernel expertise and practical production experience. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends academic rigor with production engineering, often tackling I/O and networking bottlenecks that standard Linux subsystems struggle with. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates hard research into deployable kernel and network optimizations that improve throughput in real-world, high-throughput environments.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
The Hindu Senior Secondary School
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Emory University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at College of Engineering, Guindy
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