Chaitanya.D

Software Architect | Swedish Educated | Building systems across telecom, networking & cloud

+91 81473 76106 | [email protected] | chadan.in | linkedin.com/in/dandugula | github.com/dandugula

Skills

Work Experience

Spirent (VIAVI), Staff Software Engineer (Architect) 📍 Bangalore, India

2019 - Present

Contributed as an architect to a cross-functional and geographically distributed team that implemented performance enhancements to scale the existing application, driving $1M+ in additional revenue.
Enhanced the network test result anaylsis product by implementing massive-scale (scaling from 64K streams to 10M flows) autonomous flow tracking feature along with real-time event correlation.
Feature evolution of a high-throughput historical time-series data engine along with production support.
Engineered a cross-platform log aggregation tool that ingests unstructured logs from distributed services across Windows, Linux, and Chassis nodes, transforming and streaming them as structured data to a centralized location.
Extracted business domain logic from monolithic system (C#, C++) and architected corresponding micro-services applications (Golang, Docker) for improved scalability and maintainability.
Pioneered Golang adoption in the India dev center as the first engineer to contribute to a US-led modernization initiative, paving the way for the broader team’s successful transition to the modernized platform.
Worked on legacy full stack composing of C# UI, C++ middle-ware & Python hardware layer of the existing application to deliver a feature to obsolete legacy hardware within a few months of joining the organization.
Mentored junior engineer to get up to speed with the existing application architecture and code structure. Helped them to get going on bug fixing and feature development.

Lead Software Engineer, Infinera (Nokia)📍 Bangalore, India

2017 - 2018

Implemented L2 switching features leveraging Broadcom SDK for data link layer network operations.
Extended functionality of the optical chassis simulator, adding control plane capabilities for optical networking.
Took initiative, beyond primary duties, to contribute to a NodeJS diagnostic tool for chassis troubleshooting.

Senior Software Engineer, UMS (Everbridge) 📍 Bangalore, India & Stavanger, Norway

2013 - 2017

Architected and delivered back-end components for the IVR application and led end-to-end development of a call processing library for Dialogic HMP (E1/T1) telecom cards, applying advanced C++ design patterns (policy based design), C++11 features, STL, and Boost libraries while resolving critical production issues.
Partnered with architects, remote teams, and sales across all phases — from product specification reviews, Developing POCs and project estimation along with managing production MS-SQL database servers.

Software Engineer, MindTree (LTM) 📍 Bangalore, India

2007 - 2009

Designed, implemented, and ported Bluetooth profiles and protocols across multiple embedded systems with proprietary RTOS (Car Infotainment Kits), including audio codec integration and security auditing.

Internships

Student Research Assistant, Fraunhofer AISEC 📍 Munich, Germany

2011 - 2011

Completed Master’s thesis (Topic: Networking for smart meters) funded by German BSI.

Intern, Nokia Siemens Networks (Nokia) 📍 Helsinki, Finland

2010 - 2010

Configuration of complex network test environments & unit testing the IPSec module in C++.

Education

Master of Science in Communication Systems

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan 📍 Stockholm, Sweden

Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication Engineering

P.E.S Institute of Technology, Visveswaraiah Technological University 📍 Bangalore, India

Interests

Running | Reading novels by Dan Brown | Traveling.