- Removed Backburner deployments and stale references from the codebase as queues moved to AWS SQS.
- Contributing to the Kubernetes migration from kOps to EKS for seamless integration with other AWS services.
- Building Query Compass, a hackathon project that pinpoints the origin of poorly-performing OpenSearch queries.
Charandeep Kumar
Software Engineer at Motive
Backend-focused software engineer passionate about distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and scalable products. Previously interned at Google Cloud Security and currently building fleet card systems at Motive.
B.Tech Information Technology, IIIT Lucknow

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Experience
- Implemented delete-job and purge-queue functionality in the Shoryuken Ruby gem.
- Built an automated flaky-test detector that runs twice daily, files Jira tickets, alerts Slack, and logs to Datadog.
- Developed a production bad-query detection service that traces query sources and helped win the Motive hackathon.
- Worked in Google Cloud Security to enhance data monitoring and automation.
- Built an interactive Looker dashboard for comprehensive visualization of security and operational metrics.
- Pre-processed SQL operations with a Java application using Protocol Buffers as a configuration layer to simplify queries.
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Achievements
Competitive Programming
- Knight on LeetCode
- Specialist on Codeforces
- Global rank 158 / 3766 — CodeChef Round START61C
- 2nd place — IIITL Fresher's Cup Coding Challenge (240 students)
Open Source
- 4+ pull requests accepted in Hacktoberfest 2021
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Skills
Languages
- C/C++
- Java
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Ruby
- Python
- SQL
- Shell
Frameworks
- Next.js
- React
- Ruby on Rails
Tools & Cloud
- Git
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Linux
Fundamentals
- Operating Systems
- Computer Networks
- DBMS
- OOP
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Projects
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