Hello!

I'm Sanath Kumar, a software engineer at F5 Networks.

I love solving tough, challenging problems and am passionate about building products, infrastructure which drive customer value.

Get in touch sanath@sanathk.com

Background

I’m currently a Software Engineer at F5 Networks working on building a Cloud-Native Application Services product. I focus on designing and developing backend microservices to perform Traffic Management. Prior to this, I graduated from University of Washington with a degree in Computer Science and Data Science.

My current interests are in the areas of designing and developing large scale Distributed Systems using Microservice Architecture. I’m also passionate about the challenges around scalability, reliability, performance, throughput and latency while developing such internet scale infrastructure and applications.

I have a strong experience in software design and development, web and cloud based products, engineering tools, and, test driven agile development. Being an engineer I enjoy adapting to changes and learning (and unlearning) new technologies, and, pushing boundaries. I am always thinking about the bigger picture, by working closely with my customers, engineers, and managers. And, I’m also a proponent of building and shipping high-quality, high-performance, fault-tolerant and scalable products.

In the recent past, I have mentored new-hires, college grads, and, high school students in the field of Computer Science and Technology. Organizer for multiple Startup Weekends in Seattle, a frequent attendee at hackathons, tech summits, and meetups.

When I'm not in front of a computer screen, I'm likely in the mountains or spending time with family and friends.

Skills
Languages
  • Python
  • GoLang
  • Java
  • Bash
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • R
  • HTML / CSS
Technologies
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Linux OS
  • Flask
  • OpenStack
  • Public Cloud (Amazon AWS)
  • RDBMS / NoSQL
Interests
  • Software Development
  • Software Design
  • Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Microservices (REST)
  • Web Development
  • Data Science
  • Computer Networking
  • PaaS/IaaS/SaaS
Tools
  • Ansible
  • Git
  • P4 Perforce
  • MySQL / PostgreSQL
  • Firebase / Redis
  • Swagger
  • Postman
  • Jenkins
  • F5 BIG-IP / nginx
  • vim
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Sublime Text
  • Jira, Kanban, Trello
Experience
Sep 2021 - Present
Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at NGINX
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
Software Engineer III, Tech Lead at NGINX
Sep 2017 - Sep 2020
Software Engineer II at F5 Cloud & MicroServices
June 2016 - Sep 2017
Software Engineer, Intern/I at F5 BIG-IP
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
Co-Founder
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Software Development Engineer, Intern
Aug 2010 - Sep 2015
Co-Founder
View My Resume
Personal Projects

GradScout is an innovative, user-friendly web application, which provides aspiring graduate students a platform to identify the programs that best meet their needs. Our intelligent algorithm recommends these programs based on areas of interest, budget, location and other criteria.

Python Flask Machine Learning Web Development RESTful APIs

Built a Zika outbreak prediction model and a Watson diagnostic bot to advice at risk populations in detecting early signs of onset of zika symptoms.

Python Weather API Multiprocessing Data Extraction Data Cleaning

Brood recommends friends with similar interests based on your tweets. Worked on data gathering, data cleansing and data modelling.

Python Twitter API Microsoft Cognitive API Stanford NLTK Google Firebase

Jarvis, is a personal Siri-like car assistant to run errands on a self-driving car. Jarvis was built at AT&T's IoT Hackathon.

Raspberry Pi 3 JavaScript Python Nuance API Google Maps API Mapbox API AT&T M2X

Metalbase India is a web magazine built to promote the independent music scene in India.

Wordpress HTML / CSS Web Development Content Management PHP jQuery