About

Kanishka Khandelwal is a seasoned Principal Engineer with over a decade of experience in designing and developing distributed backend systems. He is currently employed at Google as a Staff Software Engineer, where he leverages his expertise in Computer Science, Optimizing Performance, C++, Python, and OOP to deliver high-quality software solutions. Prior to joining Google, Kanishka has worked with some of the top companies in the industry, including Amazon and D. E. Shaw. At Amazon, he served as an SDE 3 and led a couple of teams. He worked on improving the delivery location prediction using Machine Learning and played the role of the team lead for a core Shipping platform team maintaining and enforcing the Sales and Quantity Limit restrictions for all transactions on the e-commerce space of Amazon. Kanishka is a highly skilled program and project management professional with a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University. He has a strong track record of optimizing performance and delivering high-quality software solutions. He is also skilled in managing teams and projects, making him an asset to any organization. In addition to his professional experience, Kanishka has a strong educational background. He holds a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, where he gained a solid foundation in computer science. He also completed his Higher Secondary education in Science from Bidhan Chandra Institution and his Secondary education from St. Vincent H&T School. Kanishka's technical expertise includes Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering, Python, Backend, ML, and Kafka. With over 10 years of relevant experience, he has a deep understanding of the software development process and is always looking for ways to improve the performance and quality of the products he works on.