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Bhanu Chandar

@bhanuchandar

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Senior engineering manager driving scalable, secure SaaS and streaming platform solutions.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek leadership roles building secure, scalable platform or streaming products where I can drive architecture, mentor teams, and improve reliability.

I am a seasoned engineering leader with over 17 years of software development experience focused on SaaS, streaming platforms, security, storage, and high-performance systems. I lead engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions and have a strong record of implementing data protection and reliability improvements.

At Confluent I enhanced Kafka security and optimized storage durability; at Salesforce I established Kafka-as-a-service and built Kubernetes operators to improve deployments and cost efficiency. My background includes building centralized risk platforms, configuration management services, and microservice-based release-management backends across major enterprises.

I prioritize mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement, driving architectural decisions and operational excellence while fostering team growth and reliable delivery of complex projects.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Engineering Manager

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Confluent India Pvt Limited

Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 1 month)

Led engineering efforts to enhance Kafka security and storage durability, implementing data protection measures and solutions that improved retention reliability and system robustness for PaaS data streaming services.

Apache Kafka Data Security Apache Iceberg Kubernetes Team Leadership

Engineering Manager

Salesforce India Pvt Limited

Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 (2 years)

Established Kafka-as-a-service and led broker management, on-call/incident response, and development of Kubernetes operators to optimize Kafka deployments for high availability and cost-efficient operations.

Kubernetes Operators Incident Response High Availability Cost Optimization Stakeholder Management Team Building Resource Management

Senior Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)

Led development of a centralized risk assessment platform using Java and Scala, delivering scalable backend services and RESTful APIs that improved service reliability and maintainability.

Java Scala RESTful APIs Backend Services Scalability Distributed Systems

Senior Software Engineer

Oracle

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Designed and implemented a scalable configuration management service for cloud applications using Java and Go, enabling multi-tenant provisioning and seamless configuration updates for distributed systems.

Java Golang Configuration Management Cloud Applications Microservices Service Design

Engineering Lead

Synopsys

Jan 2012 - Jan 2017 (5 years)

Led backend service development for a release management platform, building Java microservices to streamline build tracking and release coordination, improving performance and reliability for large-scale releases.

Java Microservices Release Management Backend Performance Optimization Reliability

Software Engineer

Wipro

Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 (4 years)

Developed enterprise service-side applications for banking and retail clients using Java frameworks (Struts, Spring, Hibernate), delivering secure authentication and transaction processing systems.