7+ years of experience designing scalable, cloud-native solutions and real-time data streaming pipelines
Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and deploying scalable, cloud-native solutions and real-time data streaming pipelines. Expert in Java, Kotlin, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Kubernetes within Azure environments.
- 🔭 Currently working on: Apache Flink streaming pipelines on AKS, Kafka data enrichment, and Apache Iceberg Lakehouse architectures.
- 🌱 Currently exploring: Advanced stream processing patterns, CDC with Sequin, and real-time analytics at scale.
- 👯 Open source contributor to: Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator & Hardwood (Apache Parquet Parser).
- 💬 Ask me about: Real-time data streaming, distributed systems, Kafka, Flink, and cloud-native architectures.
- 📍 Based in: Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
- ⚡ Fun fact: I love photography, cycling, and hiking through the Bavarian Alps!
- Reduced database latency from seconds to milliseconds through query optimization
- Cut storage costs by 30% through architectural improvements
- Contributed critical bug fixes to the Apache Flink ecosystem
| Project | Description | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator | Official Kubernetes operator for Apache Flink | Resolved a critical finalizer bug (FLINK-37766) where FlinkSessionJob resources remained stuck in Terminating state due to REST client exception handling failures during HA JobManager state desynchronizations. |
| Hardwood (Apache Parquet Parser) | Parquet file parser library | Implemented enhancement to expose Thrift Bloom Filter offset and length metadata on the public ColumnChunk API. |
| Dependency Scout | IntelliJ IDEA Plugin | Developed a plugin for dependency management that suggests updates for Gradle and Maven projects. |
| Certification | Issuer | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 🎖️ Data Streaming Engineer – Apache Flink® | Ververica | 2026 |
| 🎖️ Apache Flink® Bootcamp Program & Lab Day | Ververica | 2026 |
| 🎖️ Data Streaming Engineer Foundations | Ververica | 2025 |
| 🎖️ Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) | Scrum.org | 2024 |
| 🎖️ Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) | Microsoft | 2012 |
Whether you have a question about data streaming, want to collaborate on an open-source project, or just want to say hi — my inbox is always open!
| Channel | Link |
|---|---|
| linkedin.com/in/prashant-k-88982592 | |
| 🐙 GitHub | github.com/prshnt |
"The best way to predict the future is to implement it." – David Heinemeier Hansson
