Smit Thakkar
About Smit Thakkar
Smit Thakkar is a Senior Systems Engineer at Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany, and the Founder of Zypher, working remotely.
Company
Smit Thakkar is currently working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Delivery Hero in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero is a well-known multinational online food-delivery service, providing its services to numerous countries globally.
Title
Smit Thakkar holds the position of Senior Systems Engineer at Delivery Hero. His role involves managing complex systems, ensuring high availability and performance, and implementing infrastructure improvements.
Work Experience
Smit Thakkar has a diverse range of work experience in the tech industry, including critical roles at various companies. He worked at dubizzle as a Platform Engineer and Developer Productivity Specialist from 2018 to 2021 in Dubai, UAE. He has been a Co-Founder and Technology Architect at Corridor Platforms for 7 months and served as CTO at punchit.io in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Additionally, he has freelanced professionally on Upwork.
Founder of Zypher
Smit Thakkar is the Founder of Zypher, where he is currently working remotely. His leadership and technical skills contribute to the company’s vision and technology development.
Education and Certifications
Smit Thakkar attended St. Xavier's High School in Gandhinagar, Sec 8. He is highly certified in his field, holding certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified Developer Associate, and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
Open Source Contributions
Smit Thakkar has made significant contributions to open source projects. He worked on HashiCorp's Vault-K8s, Gruntwork's Terragrunt, and Gluster's fstat and ascii_binder_search_plugin.
Speaker and Presenter
Smit Thakkar has delivered talks at various conferences and meetups. Recordings of his presentations are available on Speakerdeck, showcasing his expertise and knowledge-sharing approach.
Aviation Enthusiast
In addition to his tech career, Smit Thakkar holds a Private Pilot License. He enjoys aviation and often explores Europe in a small single-engine plane.