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Nikhil Prabhu

Developer & Platform Engineer
Profile

Backend and Platform Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable backend services, developer platforms, and cloud automation using Go, Rust, and Python. Experienced in distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and reliability engineering across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Focused on improving developer productivity, system reliability, and operational scalability through automation and reusable tooling.

Skills


Go
Rust
Python
AWS
Azure
GCP
Terraform
Kubernetes
Docker
Ansible
Git
GitHub
TypeScript
Java
C/C++
...and more!

Professional Experience


EGYM AG

Systems Engineer

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 | Berlin, Germany
  • Built Rust and Go-based internal tooling to improve cloud observability workflows across Kubernetes workloads.
  • Automated operational processes reducing manual intervention and accelerating developer workflows.
  • Partnered with product engineering teams to improve performance and reliability of production services.

SAP Labs

Developer / DevOps Engineer

Jun 2020 - May 2025 | Bangalore, India
  • Designed and automated cloud infrastructure monitoring solutions and reusable tooling (Python/Go).
  • Developed Go-based system services to automate security and compliance enforcement across distributed cloud environments.
  • Built a custom validation framework to assess infrastructure health and state.
  • Created shared utility libraries/APIs/SDKs to reduce technical debt across platforms.
  • Performed code reviews to ensure code quality and best-practice adherence.
  • Mentored junior engineers and conducted annual technical training sessions to improve team-wide Go adoption and engineering practices.
  • Drove team migration from Python to Go.

Fullstack Developer

Aug 2019 - May 2020 | Bangalore, India
  • Automated network access control policy changes and monitoring using Python.
  • Built robotic process automation workflows to streamline user onboarding.

Education


Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Aug 2019 - Jun 2023 | Pilani, India
MTech (Software Engineering)

Bharatiar University

Jun 2016 - May 2019 | Coimbatore, India
BCA (Computer Applications)

Projects