Ashraf A
Open-Source Software Engineer
Talent
India, Bengaluru, KarnatakaMember since August 3, 2026
PythonJavaGoSQLFastAPISpring BootGinCeleryKafkagRPCMicroservicesReactPostgreSQLRedisLSM-TreeDockerKubernetesPrometheus
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6 merged PRs in production at Europe's largest fashion platform & Kubernetes' datastore
Experience
Open-Source Software Engineer - Zalando Skipper & CNCF etcd - Remote
(2026-06)
6 merged PRs in production at Europe's largest fashion platform & Kubernetes' datastore
- Skipper (3.1K+ stars): Shipped a weightedRoundRobin load-balancing algorithm (smooth WRR over health-derived weights, +599 lines) — defended lock design with a self-built C benchmark sustaining ∼31k req/s at 1,000 endpoints. [PR]
- Skipper: Implemented Prometheus native histogram support with OTEL-recommended bucket tuning (+245/-146), running in production; also shipped per-data-client route-load latency metrics. [PR]
- etcd (48K+ stars): Clarified TLS certificate-matching semantics in v3.5–v3.7 security documentation, resolving a 14-month-old confusion issue — merged by core maintainer [PR]; also patched 3 Go toolchain CVEs in etcd-io/gofail [PR].
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science and Engineering - New Horizon College of Engineering (2022-11 - 2026-07)
Skills
Open-Source Software Engineer
