M. Lareb Zafar
About M. Lareb Zafar
M. Lareb Zafar is a Software Development Engineer in Test at Yugabyte, where he has worked since 2022. He has a background in quality assurance and software development, with experience in chaos testing frameworks and observability tools.
Work at Yugabyte
M. Lareb Zafar has been employed at Yugabyte as a Software Dev Engineer Test since 2022. In this role, he has architected ybchaos, a chaos testing framework designed to enhance system resilience against disruptions such as node outages and network partitions. His work focuses on ensuring the reliability and stability of distributed systems.
Previous Experience in Software Testing
Before joining Yugabyte, M. Lareb Zafar worked at several notable companies. He served as a QA Engineer at Informatica for nine months in 2018 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He also held the position of Senior Member Technical at D. E. Shaw India Private Limited from 2020 to 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Additionally, he was a Member Of Technical Staff 2 at Nutanix from 2018 to 2020 in Bangalore, where he developed the Cloud Resource Cleanup (CRC) tool, achieving significant cost savings.
Education and Expertise
M. Lareb Zafar earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science and Engineering from Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, completing his studies from 2012 to 2016. He further enhanced his qualifications by becoming a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) in 2024, certified by the Linux Foundation.
Leadership and Mentorship
In his professional capacity, M. Lareb Zafar leads and mentors teams that specialize in various testing domains, including UI Test, CLI Tests, Chaos, and Observability. His leadership fosters growth and innovation within these teams, contributing to the development of robust testing practices.
Technical Contributions
M. Lareb Zafar has made significant technical contributions throughout his career. At Nutanix, he designed and implemented observability dashboards using Grafana, integrating them with Slack alerts to provide real-time notifications of anomalies. This work enhances the monitoring capabilities of systems and supports proactive issue resolution.