Shrihari Kulkarni

About Shrihari Kulkarni

Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building distributed systems, backend services, and data migration solutions for enterprise customers at Cisco and Informatica.TECHNICAL SKILLS:Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices, REST APIs, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Redis, AWS, AWS EC2, Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Jenkins, Git, Grafana, Performance Optimization, System Design, Data Migration, Load Balancing, Asynchronous ProcessingKEY PROJECTS:• Zero-downtime data migration tool (Elasticsearch 2.x → 8.x) for 500+ customers, 5-30TB scale,~10TB/day throughput• Algorithm optimization (O(n) → O(log n)) reducing processing time from 6 hours to 30 minutes for 100k+ files• Architecture redesign reducing event processing time by 90% with asynchronous communication• Observability and auto-remediation system reducing escalations by 40%, MTTR by 60%• Internal automation tools improving team productivity by 50%AWARDS:• Cisco You Inspire Award (2024)• Think Customer First Award - Informatica (2022)• Tribute Award - Informatica (2018)• Athena Award - Informatica (2017)IMPACT:Delivered high-performance distributed systems, optimized algorithms, built customer-facing enterprise solutions, and automated internal tools across 9 years at Cisco and Informatica.OPEN TO:Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems Engineer, Java Engineer, Lead Software Engineer roles in product companies building at scale.EDUCATION:B.E. Computer Science, SDM College of Engineering (8.56/10)CONTACT:Email: s••••••••@gmail.comPhone:+91••••••••45Location: Bangalore, India (Open to Remote)

Experience

1. G8 Software Engineer

   Cisco

   Mar 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Developed zero-downtime data migration tool using Java and Spring Boot enabling 500+ customers to migrate 5-30TB data from Elasticsearch 2.x to 8.x with live event ingestion, achieving ~10TB/day throughput• Built incremental delta migration engine with SQLite tracking, configurable multi-threading, batch sizing, and performance optimization for diverse hardware constraints, resolving ES version compatibility issues including dot field mapping conflicts• Designed three migration architectures: dual load balancer with direct cutover, Nginx traffic mirroring for safe rollback, and co-located deployment for AWS EC2 cost reduction, with documented trade-off analysis• Engineered observability and auto-remediation system (Shell/Java) reducing customer escalations by 40% and MTTR by 60%: diagnostic collection framework, health monitoring with ScheduledExecutorService retry logic, and troubleshooting runbooks• Received Cisco You Inspire Award for customer impact and technical innovation

Education

• SDMCET Dhavalgiri Dharwad

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

  2012 — 2016

• Vidyaniketan PU Science

  Science

  2011 — 2012