Pulkit Sharma
About Pulkit Sharma
Pulkit Sharma is a Principal Engineer (Platform) at BrowserStack, with extensive experience in software engineering and a strong background in Ruby, Go, and Node.js.
Professional Title and Role
Pulkit Sharma holds the position of Principal Engineer (Platform) at BrowserStack, working remotely. With a focus on platform engineering, Pulkit is integral to the operation of the largest mobile device data-center cluster in the world, which hosts real mobile phones.
Career History
Pulkit Sharma has an extensive career history in the software engineering domain. At BrowserStack, he previously worked as a Team Lead from 2020 to 2022, Senior Software Engineer from 2018 to 2019, and Software Engineer from 2016 to 2018, all in Mumbai, India. Prior to this, he held a position at Hopscotch as a Software Engineer - III in Bengaluru, India for five months in 2019. He also worked briefly at GitLab Inc. as a Backend Engineer during 2019. His career began with a tech internship at iLabs Ventures Private Limited in New Delhi, India in 2015 and as the Secretary of the Programming Club at the Computer Society of India, Jaypee University in Guna, India from 2014 to 2016.
Educational Background
Pulkit Sharma studied Computer Science at Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, where he completed a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree from 2012 to 2016. His education laid the foundation for his extensive skill set in software engineering.
Technical Expertise and Tools
Pulkit has a robust technical background, specializing in languages such as Ruby, Go, and Node.js. He is currently expanding his skill set by learning Elixir and Phoenix. His expertise includes using technologies like Nomad, Consul, Vault, Prometheus, LibreNMS, Ruby, Golang, and Bash. Pulkit has developed custom tools to monitor and improve internet connectivity within data centers, achieving 99.99% stability, and built tools to rapidly triage issues globally. He incorporates the latest development practices to enhance operational workflows.
Personal Interests and Hobbies
Outside of his professional career, Pulkit Sharma is passionate about percussion instruments and electronic music. He enjoys playing drums and guitar. Additionally, he occasionally writes and maintains a blog at https://pulkit.cc/ where he shares his thoughts and insights.