Zakir Hussain
Founding Engineer at Stealth AI Startup
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolZakir Hussain is a founding engineer and seasoned distributed-systems specialist with nine years building low-latency, scalable platforms across companies like Confluent, Cockroach Labs, and LinkedIn. He has progressed from software engineer to staff-level roles, blending deep systems design with hands-on implementation in streaming and database infrastructures. Based in Bengaluru, he draws on an M.Tech from IIT Madras and a B.Tech from IIT Patna to solve production-grade reliability and performance challenges. Known for joining early-stage efforts, he recently moved into a stealth AI startup after a Staff Engineer stint at Cockroach, signaling a shift toward AI infrastructure at scale. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who turns complex distributed problems into operational systems while keeping developer experience front of mind.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasB.Tech Computer Science and Engineering, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
English, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu
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Github Skills (42)
avro10
kubernetes10
confluent10
kafka-connect10
postgresql10
cockroachdb10
python10
mysql10
connect10
kafka-connector10
kafka10
distributed-systems10
java10
sink10
scala10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shaikzakiriitm/kafka
Sep 2020 - Dec 2023
Mirror of Apache Kafka
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
kafka-streamsapache-kafkasinkkafka-consumerclusters
shaikzakiriitm/cockroach
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.
Contributions:30 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
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