Shubhranshu Mahapatra
Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShubhranshu Mahapatra is a software engineer in Seattle with seven years of experience building robotics and automotive systems and shipping production-ready software at AWS. Trained in mechatronics and robotics (UPenn) and mechanical engineering (NIT Rourkela), he blends hands-on hardware setup and robot commissioning with disciplined, well-documented code and user-friendly build systems that accelerate adoption. His open-source contributions to containerd’s nerdctl demonstrate backend and DevOps chops—improving cross-platform image sharing, validation, and CI for a widely used container CLI. Comfortable across embedded firmware to cloud infrastructure, he excels at turning experimental prototypes into reliable starter packs that get end users running quickly.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology RourkelaMaster's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Mechatronics and Robotics System, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Mechatronics and Robotics System at University of Pennsylvania
English, Odia, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (11)
command-line-interface10
containerd10
go10
cicd10
command-line10
cli10
dockers9
docker9
test-framework8
testing8
networking7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
containerd/nerdctl
Feb 2024 - Apr 2026
contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:177 reviews, 99 PRs, 326 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Shubhranshu primarily contributed to enhancing the `nerdctl` command-line interface, focusing on platform compatibility and image sharing improvements. They introduced functionality to ensure that images built with the `--platform` flag are shareable when the build platform matches the runtime platform. Additionally, the user made several updates related to identifier validation, relaxed limits, and corrected network-related issues in the project. Furthermore, there are changes to testing frameworks and CI related to the build process.
clicontainerddockeripfsrootless
Shubhranshu153/finch
Feb 2024 - Jan 2026
The Finch CLI an open source client for container development
Contributions:2 PRs, 290 pushes, 29 branches in 1 year 11 months
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