Forward Deployed Engineer
2017 - 2021Palantir- Wrote and implemented multiple Java plugins to interact with external source systems and automatically ingest data in a parallel and incremental mode into Palantir’s platform.
- Contributed to long-term knowledge growth for developing and maintaining Palantir’s platform by working with different systems, including AWS, Kubernetes, Nagios, Datadog, PagerDuty, CircleCI, and Jenkins.
- Migrated software and data for Palantir’s platform by gaining a thorough understanding of the software, risks, and mitigation, and working with all the affected parties.
- Designed and implemented a new Python solution for Palantir’s monthly product release, which is used by customers globally. I did this while serving as the platform release manager.
- Collaborated with external clients to create and debug critical data pipelines and Elasticsearch clusters.
- Developed workflows for large-scale datasets on the order of terabytes, which involved Spark code and debugging via the YARN UI.
- Managed the entire project with an international government client in terms of scoping technical work, ensuring technical support, and growing customer relationships.
- Led the internal data team as the tech lead right after a big infrastructure migration to ensure the stability of the platform in use and that key stakeholders' interests were addressed through novel technical solutions.
Technologies: Java, Python, AWS, CircleCI, Git, Linux, Nagios, Docker, Shell, Spark, Syslog, Debugging
Ram Verma
Software Developer in Palo Alto, CA, United States
Member since July 15, 2021
Ram has 4+ years of professional experience architecting and leading the development of engineering solutions with an emphasis on object-oriented design and software infrastructure debugging. He specializes in Java and Python back-end development of large-scale systems, cloud migrations, and microservices, as well as data pipeline processes. Ram's expertise includes developing business plans and requirements specifications and leading technical projects with strong inter-team communication.
Ram is now available for hire
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
IntelliJ, PyCharm, Docker, AWS, Spark, Python, Java, Shell
The most amazing...
...work I've led was migrating a software platform to a different cloud infrastructure and figuring out the solution through iteration within a time crunch.
Employment
Experience
- Java Plugin for a Microservice
A Java-based plugin to be used in a service within a platform comprising 100+ microservices. The plugin ingests disparate data without disruption on a regular cadence and with the right view permissions in place. I developed this using AWS Azure SDKs and third-party libraries for parsing raw files on top of ensuring that no breaking changes were introduced to the other services.
- Distributed Syslog Solution Implementation
Developed a logging workflow that uses Docker to receive logs from multiple distributed servers via Syslog and is robust to withstand multiple types of failures. The logging workflow was key to implementing the migration from a manual log upload process to a Linux in-built solution in Docker running on a distributed server structure.
- Platform Release Automation
Developed a Python application used to automatically choose the right versions for 100+ microservices. These formed the platform by being bundled and released together with no dependency or bug issues as they worked in cohesion. The application was released monthly to customers across the world, and therefore required automatically generated client-facing documentation and an automated approval structure from the corresponding developers.
Skills
Languages
Python, JavaTools
IntelliJ, Git, PyCharm, Nagios, CircleCI, Shell, SyslogPlatforms
Linux, Docker, AzureOther
Debugging, AWS, Documentation, SDKsFrameworks
SparkParadigms
REST API Architecture, Microservices, Automation
Education
- Master's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering2016 - 2017Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering2013 - 2016Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
