Pankaj Sikka
Location: San Diego, California, United States
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pankajsikka01
Professional Summary
Pankaj Sikka is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in cloud-native technologies, service mesh architectures, and scalable platform development. He has contributed significantly to the evolution of infrastructure at Intuit, focusing on Amazon EKS and Kubernetes-based solutions.
Experience
- Staff Software Engineer at Intuit (Aug 2022 – Present)
- Senior Software Engineer at Intuit (Aug 2017 – Aug 2022)
- Software Engineer 2 at Intuit (Sep 2015 – Jul 2017)
- Software Developer at Pattern Insight (Jun 2014 – Sep 2015)
- Intern at Peloton Document Solutions (May 2013 – Apr 2014)
- Student Worker at University of Southern California (Oct 2012 – May 2013)
- Systems Engineer at Infosys Limited (Jul 2009 – Jun 2012)
Education
- MS in Computer Science, University of Southern California (2012 – 2014)
- B.Tech in Computer Engineering, Punjabi University (2005 – 2009)
Certifications
- Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022
Projects
- Socket Programming: Implemented Datagram and Stream sockets-based, multi-threaded application for intelligence coordination system using C in Unix environment.
- Kernel Components Implementation: Designed and developed kernel sub-systems of a monolithic UNIX-based Operating System, including PCB and TCB management, FIFO scheduler, synchronization constructs, and a virtual file system.
Skills
- Amazon EKS
- Service Mesh
- Kubernetes
- Java
- Golang
- Cloud Infrastructure