About

Nihar Nayak is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 18 years of experience in the industry. He currently works at Microsoft, where he specializes in Distributed Systems, Storage Networks, High-performance Computing, and Low Latency Performance Improvement. Nihar's areas of expertise include System Programming, Kernel Programming, Storage, Block device, Performance, Scalability, High Availability, High-Performance Computing, Parallel Programming, Socket Programming, open source, Asynchronous programming, lockless programming, Cloud, and KV Store. Nihar is a creative problem solver with a "Can Do" attitude. He is passionate about solving difficult problems and enjoys taking on new challenges. Nihar has a good understanding of CPU ON/OFF, context switch, and page fault, and has worked on asynchronous infrastructure and lockless programming in a distributed system. He has also worked on Block allocator optimization of Object store file system and implemented event-based memory activity publish/subscribe infra. Nihar has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Utkal University. He has worked for several top companies in the industry, including Seagate and Veritas. At Seagate, he was a Staff Engineer and worked on the implementation of the 1.0 release of an emerging Back-end storage infrastructure product. At Veritas, he was a Principal Software Engineer and worked on several major projects, including the design and implementation of cloudpoint 1.0 for heterogeneous snapshot management and orchestration. Nihar's technical skills include Software Engineering, infra, Backend, Docker, and MongoDB. He is a dedicated and hardworking individual who is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge. Nihar is an asset to any team and would be a valuable addition to any organization looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a wealth of experience and expertise.