About

Kanishta Agarwal is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience working in the internet industry. She is currently employed at LinkedIn as a Software Engineer, where she is involved in creating best-in-class Hiring Solutions for LTS. Kanishta is a strong engineering professional who holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from IIT Hyderabad and a Master of Science (MS) from Stony Brook University. Throughout her career, Kanishta has gained expertise in a range of areas, including Databases, Algorithms, Hadoop, Software Development, and Testing. She has worked for a variety of companies, including MapR Technologies, where she was a Software Engineer Intern and part of the Database and Streams Team. During her time at MapR, Kanishta worked on the integration of MapR-DB with Elastic Search index via Change Data Propagation Stream (CDPS) using the Kafka Connect framework. She also built a converter and Kafka Sink Connector for the Kafka Connect distributed framework to fetch and index ChangeDataRecords from CDPStream to Elastic Search (ES). Kanishta also consumed, parsed, and mapped the ChangeDataRecords to ElasticSearch-JSON format to update the Elastic Search index. She provided multi-topic, multi-indexing support as a part of a single connector from MapR CDPStream topics to multiple ES indices. Kanishta's education history includes a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science from IIT Hyderabad and a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from Stony Brook University. She has a strong technical background and is proficient in a range of technologies, including Elastic Search, Kafka, Hadoop, Integration, and Research Scientist. Overall, Kanishta Agarwal is a highly experienced and skilled Software Engineer with a strong track record of success in the internet industry. She is a valuable asset to any team and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her work.