Karan Khosla

Technology Architect

With over 15 years of experience in the software industry, I specialize in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance distributed systems. My expertise spans the entire stack, from robust backend architectures to polished, responsive frontend experiences.

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Experience

Principal Technical Architect

Enterprise Solutions Corp

2021 - Present

•Directed the architectural migration of legacy core systems into a cloud-native microservices mesh.
•Standardized software delivery across 12 product teams via shared template libraries.
•Designed zero-downtime database deployment pipelines for active-active multi-region databases.

Key Architectural Impact:

•Reduced global service latency by 45% using distributed caching and edge endpoints.
•Trimmed infrastructure spend by 30% through intelligent autoscaling policies.
Node.jsGoKubernetesPostgreSQLReact

Lead Systems Engineer

ScaleTech Inc

Jan 2018 - May 2021

•Built a distributed data ingestion engine capable of routing 100K+ writes/second.
•Maintained low-latency pub/sub pipelines connecting telemetry streams to multiple dashboards.
•Mentored 6 junior/mid-level systems developers in Rust and system debugging.

Key Architectural Impact:

•Eliminated database ingestion bottlenecks by implementing Kafka streaming brokers.
•Saved $15K monthly in compute costs by replacing memory-heavy services with Rust binaries.
RustApache KafkaRedisPythonDocker

Senior Software Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Ltd

Mar 2015 - Dec 2017

•Optimized database access patterns and query index layouts for large analytics tables.
•Developed cloud security scanners to enforce IAM least-privilege configurations.
•Integrated multi-tenant authorization APIs supporting high concurrent workloads.

Key Architectural Impact:

•Cut query response times by 60% through partitioning and materializing analytics views.
•Accelerated build deployment speeds by 40% with optimized Docker layer caching.
GoPostgreSQLgRPCAWSTerraform

Full Stack Developer

StartupHub

2012 - 2015

•Spearheaded the full-stack architecture of the company's MVP SaaS platform.
•Built real-time collaborative editing modules using WebSockets.
•Set up initial DevOps workflows, monitoring services, and automatic backups.

Key Architectural Impact:

•Developed the core product features that helped secure Series-A funding of $5M.
•Maintained 99.9% uptime throughout the product launch phase.
Ruby on RailsReactPostgreSQLHeroku

Key Engineering Highlights

Scalable Data Pipeline

An open-source data orchestration engine built for high-throughput streaming and real-time analytical queries.

RustApache KafkaClickHouse
GitHub CodeLive Demo

Distributed Key-Value Store

A highly available, partition-tolerant key-value store featuring Raft consensus and log compaction for consistent data replication.

GogRPCRaftProtobuf
GitHub CodeLive Demo

AI-Powered Search & Analytics

A semantic search engine utilizing vector embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to query internal documentation.

PythonFastAPIPineconeOpenAI APIReact
GitHub CodeLive Demo

Cloud Compliance Audit Tool

A security compliance scanner that audits AWS and GCP infrastructure against CIS benchmarks and generates detailed reports.

TypeScriptNode.jsTerraformAWS SDK
GitHub CodeLive Demo

Education

M.S. Computer Science

University of Technology

2010 - 2012

Field of Study: Distributed Systems

B.S. Software Engineering

State Engineering College

2006 - 2010

Field of Study: Software Architecture

Advanced Systems Engineering Certificate

Stanford Online

2016 - 2016

Field of Study: Systems Engineering

Specialization in Applied Cybersecurity

MIT Professional Education

2014 - 2014

Field of Study: Cybersecurity

Certifications

Sun Certified Java Programmer

Sun Microsystems

Jun 2008