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Likhesh Rathod

Likhesh Rathod

Senior software engineer specializing in large-scale data systems

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Joined March 2026
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Summary

Experienced backend and data engineer focused on large-scale data pipelines and reliability. His work at Zapr involved building and maintaining a Rich Data Pipeline on AWS and integrating technologies such as Spark, Apache Airflow, Flume, RocksDB/PalDB and monitoring tooling to process high-volume telemetry and messaging. weekday
Progressive engineering leadership across startups and enterprises, moving from hands-on engineering roles to technical lead and principal/staff engineering positions at Zapr, Samsung Ads and The Trade Desk, demonstrating both technical depth and leadership responsibilities. weekday+2
Active contributor to developer communities through GitHub projects and Stack Overflow participation, indicating engagement with open-source tooling and practical problem solving (Docker, SonarQube packaging, mapping datasets, and troubleshooting JVM/container issues). github+1
Recently stepped away from full-time work to focus on personal health and family, signaling a temporary pause in formal employment while remaining publicly visible about the break. linkedin+1

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Writing

Docket container exiting with 137 under relatively virtually no load, works well if there is load

Stack Overflow question describing a Docker container JVM exit with code 137 and troubleshooting memory/OOM issues for a Java application in Docker.

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Failing JUnit tests for embedded Fongo DB

Stack Overflow question about using embedded Fongo for JUnit tests in a Spring Boot application and class initialization errors during tests.

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Data migration tool for MongoDB

Stack Overflow Q&A related to tools and approaches for migrating MongoDB data.

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Hobbies

Father and amateur astronomer; taking time to reconnect with hobbies while on career break. rocketreach+1