Harish Kandala
Software Engineer at Meta
California, United States
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Top SchoolHarish Kandala is a full-stack software engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable backend systems and responsive front-ends using Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, React, and Angular. Currently at Meta in Amsterdam, he has driven cross-functional efforts on the Helpdesk CRM to reduce over 2,000 cases per month and optimized router matching to cut processing time by 90% at peak scale. Previously at Yugabyte he owned SSL/certificate management and designed Activity Logs for DBaaS, and at Visa he dramatically sped up performance-critical APIs and led a zero-downtime migration to Angular 10. He contributes to well-known open-source projects like phpMyAdmin, improving its UI and MySQL compatibility, demonstrating both frontend polish and backend rigor. Comfortable across distributed systems, data pipelines and developer tooling, he blends production-grade engineering with measurable product impact. Outside core work he maintains a public resume, blog, and active GitHub that reflect a continuous focus on practical, high-impact contributions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering at Vellore Institute of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Rayalaseema Public SchoolHigh School Mathematics Physics and Chemistry, High School Mathematics Physics and Chemistry at NRI Academy
English, Telugu, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
ss10
javascript10
c-language10
ssl10
back-end-development10
mysql10
databases10
sslv310
distributed-systems10
user-interface10
phpmyadmin10
php10
sql10
cpp10
backend10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 8 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Harish made several contributions to the phpMyAdmin project, primarily focused on improving the user interface and fixing bugs. They addressed UI issues in the designer component and the console feature, implementing features such as a dark theme for the console and a "mark all" option for subcategories. In addition, the user made back-end code changes related to MySQL password handling, including adapting to changes in MySQL 5.7 syntax.
mariadbmysqlphpweb-appphpmyadmin
hkandala/bfac
May 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:52 commits, 38 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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