About

Vaigunth Chakkarapani is a Principal Software Engineer at Zeta with over 6 years of relevant experience. He is a skilled engineer who builds digital products end-to-end with a priority for user experience. Vaigunth has a diverse skillset, including expertise in engineering software, ranging from simple front-end apps to complex distributed systems. He is known for going the extra mile to ensure perfection in his work. Vaigunth has interviewed over 350 candidates in various technical areas, including algorithms and data structures, CS tech, Android tech, low-level design, architectural design, and post-offer discussion rounds. He has also commandeered over 25 production incidents, including core payments and infrastructure. His skillset arsenal includes Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, ELK stack, Prometheus, GitOps, Grafana, Apache Kafka, Apache Mina, Drools, JMeter, Gatling, Jenkins, Argo, Android, Java, JavaScript, Python, Groovy, Node.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, and SEO. Vaigunth has worked on various projects during his tenure at Zeta. He was one of the core architects of the real-time fraud detection platform, where he designed, implemented, and shipped the decision engine. He also independently architected and designed a multi-cloud, multi-tenant, low-cost, horizontally scalable SFTP system with support for dynamic authentication and authorization strategies. Additionally, he spearheaded four agile pods to plan and deliver offerings of the core infrastructure team. Vaigunth has also played a crucial role in executing org-wide initiatives to optimize developer onboarding processes and identifying and defining the cultural traits of Zeta. He has mentored four senior software engineers in his team and assisted a bunch of new hires to understand the vision and mission of the team. Vaigunth holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (Sastra), Thanjavur. He is proficient in software engineering, infra, JavaScript, Kubernetes, frontend, Android, data engineering, product management, Docker, data science, Kafka, Spring Boot, Spring, Jenkins, QA, microservices, integration, test, mobile, and backend.