Summary
Nafis Ahmed is a seasoned engineering leader and hands-on software engineer with a decade of experience delivering scalable, distributed systems and full-stack applications across Java, Python, C++, and mobile stacks. Currently an Engineering Manager at Rubrik in Sunnyvale, he guides cross-functional teams through the design, development, and operations of fault-tolerant microservices and cloud-native workflows. A former Technical Lead Manager and Senior Software Engineer at Rubrik, he has shipped end-to-end products—from back-end services to front-end interfaces—and built expertise with Docker, Kafka, Zookeeper, Elasticsearch, GRPC, Spring, SQL/NoSQL, and cloud platforms. An ACM ICPC World Finalist (2013) and solver of 2000+ competitive-programming problems, he combines a relentless problem-solving mindset with a passion for learning new technologies. Beyond core engineering, he has led GPU-accelerated image processing R&D, co-founded AlgoMatrix, and mentored students as a teaching and research assistant at universities, reflecting a balance of leadership, entrepreneurship, and scholarly rigor.
11 years of coding experience