June 2012 ⇾ April 2016
Courses
- Computer Science Engineering
Ananth Bhaskararaman
Staff Engineer
Linux engineer, OSS developer, and a systems architect with expertise in networking, and container orchestration. Operating bare-metal and public cloud Kubernetes clusters with automation and small teams.
Education
Work Experience
Staff Engineer
January 2020 ⇾ Present
Lead Linux Appliance OS development and Fleet Orchestration for an Edge Network of Theatre Appliances across 55 countries.
Highlights
- Migrated from in-house Linux Appliance Orchestration to CNCF backed open-source tools like Rancher & K3s.
- Moved from building and deploying a custom Linux distribution in-house to working with Fedora Core OS as the OS for the Fleet.
- Extensive tooling and automation upgrades throughtout greatly improving developer velocity and platform reliability.
Senior Software Engineer
July 2018 ⇾ December 2019
Full-stack developer working on Desktop, Web and Mobile applications deployed in Aviation Maintenance contexts.
Highlights
- Worked on legacy C++, ASP.NET, Java 7 and JavaScript codebases with ease.
- Optimised Android Mobile applications written in AngularJS and Cordova.
- Automated developer environments. For example, brought the setup time of a Windows XP based offline environment from 4 hours to 10 minutes.
Co-Founder & CTO
January 2017 ⇾ December 2017
Incubated by the IIT RTBI Incubation Cell & developed a veterinary care and patient management platform.
Highlights
- Web based veterinary care platform written in Angular and Python.
- Backend infrastructure deployed on Google Cloud GKE.
- Cross-platform Mobile application based on React Native.
Software Engineer
July 2016 ⇾ December 2016
Incubated by the IIT RTBI Incubation Cell & developed a veterinary care and patient management platform.
Highlights
- Web based veterinary care platform written in Angular and Python.
- Backend infrastructure deployed on Google Cloud GKE.
- Cross-platform Mobile application based on React Native.
Product Development Engineer
January 2016 ⇾ June 2016
Created embedded personalised exhibition experiences using Raspberry Pi-based kiosks and Arduino based human input devices.
Highlights
- Built a custom-built side-by-side cycle racing kiosk to promote the launch f a new TI Cycles product.
- Developed, proposed, and built an electronic 'Rewards for Trash' system to encouraging recycling along Marina Beach Chennai.
Web Developer
Consultant
January 2013 ⇾ December 2015
Freelance consultant web developer designing Wordpress websites, Wordpress themes, Python web applications, and static portfolio sites.
Highlights
- Designed a new portfolio website and Careers application for Datalogics India, Pvt. Ltd.
- Deployed a new e-commerce website for Aum Gifts Chennai, Pvt. Ltd.
- Created a portfolio and showcase website for GBR Metals Pvt. Ltd.
Languages
English: Native speaker
Tamil: Native speaker
Skills
Linux: SRE, Distro Development, Kernel Module Development, eBPF, Systemd & Networking
Networking: TCP/IP, Wireguard, Firewalls & Container Networking
Containerisation: OCI, Podman, Kubernetes, Docker, LXC/LXD, Firecracker VMM & gVisor
Programming Languages: Go, Python, C++, ECMAScript, Typescript, Java, Elm & BASH
Databases: PostgreSQL, SQlite, MySQL, Amazon Dynamodb, Redis, Memcache & Apache Cassandra
Devops: CI/CD, Git, GitHub Actions, Open Telemetry, Prometheus & Jenkins
Interests
Programming Languages: Rust, Zig, Ruby, HTML, Haskell, Nix, CSS, SCSS, Dhall, Elm, BASH, Fish, Nu, OSH, Yaml, TOML, JSON & JSONSchema
Linux Distros: Arch Linux Tester, Fedora Core OS Tester & NixOS User
Embedded Development: Arduino, ESP32, AVR, Raspberry Pi Pico, Pigweed & MicroPython
OSS: Podman, Go, OCI, Asahi & Arch Linux AUR
Performaing Arts: Theater Actor, Singer & Guitarist