Srishti Rastogi

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Staff Software Engineer at HCLTech · RocksDB, performance engineering

HCLTech
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
University of Delhi
English, Hindi, Kannada
Co-founderOpen to work
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Overview

Staff Software Engineer at HCLTech, focused on distributed databases. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 23 minutes to under 5. Wrote the Rust service that now handles 67 million requests a day. Most at home with C++ and Rust. Plant-based cook and baker.

Good reasons to reach out
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Roles in distributed databases
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Questions about distributed databases
  • Second opinions on consensus decisions
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  • Recruiters for roles outside my stack
  • Courses and coaching offers
Skills
C++performance engineeringRaftRocksDBRustconsensus
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Need a design-minded co-founder: pharmacy logistics in LatAm

The idea
Pharmacy logistics in LatAm
Stage
Early revenue
I bring
11 years in distributed databases
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Part-time to start
Location
Bengaluru or remote

I bring 10 years of distributed databases (currently HCLTech). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Full-time from day one.

Bengaluru, Indiaconsensusc++rust
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Software Engineer roles at Series A logistics companies

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Logistics, Consumer apps
Work mode
Remote
Available
60 days notice
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on C++ with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

10 years in distributed databases. Strongest at RocksDB and Rust. Available from next month.

Bengaluru, India · remote OKrustperformance engineeringraft
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Experience

  1. Staff Software Engineer
    Jun 2024 - Present
    HCLTech · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 532ms to 94ms.
    • Grew the storage team from 3 to 35 engineers.
    • Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Oct 2022 - Jun 2024
    Tech Mahindra · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Grew the storage team from 3 to 32 engineers.
  3. Senior Software Engineer
    Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
    Paytm · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 458ms to 52ms.
    • Led the migration of 43 services to RocksDB.
  4. Software Engineer
    Aug 2018 - Nov 2019
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Wrote the Rust service that now handles 31 million requests a day.
  5. Software Engineer
    Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
    Mastercard · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 32 minutes to under 3.

Projects

Open-source C++ toolkit
2023

A small library for distributed databases that 412 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. University of Delhi
    B.Com, Information Technology
    2011 - 2015

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