Upkar Lidder
Senior Technical Product Manager at Confluent
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolUpkar Lidder is a Senior Technical Product Manager based in San Francisco with over a decade of software and product leadership experience, currently at Confluent after building CSPM/VM solutions at Tenable. He blends full‑stack engineering with product strategy and developer advocacy — formerly at IBM — and is an author of online courses on Coursera and edX, including a Kubernetes course, while regularly speaking at conferences and meetups. His hands‑on contributions include cloud-integrated full‑stack projects (e.g., IBM Developer Skills Network) where he implemented authentication, database integrations and robust error handling across front- and back-ends. With an MBA from the University of Victoria and a BSc in Computing Science, he pairs business acumen with deep technical fluency to turn complex cloud-native ideas into practical, developer-friendly products.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Business, MBA, Business at University of VictoriaIBM JavaScript ImmersiveJavascript es6, node.js, express.js, mongodb, d3.js, Javascript es6, node.js, express.js, mongodb, d3.js at ForwardjsB.Sc, Computing Science, B.Sc, Computing Science at Simon Fraser UniversityAndroid Development, Android Development at CodePath
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
cloudant10
back-end-development10
ejs10
ibm-cloud10
expressjs9
front-end-development9
nodejs9
api8
apidoc8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ibm-developer-skills-network/qkfls-Movie-Reviews-Database
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Upkar contributed to the project by implementing features and fixing bugs related to the front-end and back-end functionality. The user added error detection and handling throughout the application, demonstrating a focus on creating a robust application. They also incorporated IBM Cloud services for authentication and database integration, showcasing an understanding of cloud technologies. Furthermore, the user updated the UI components, modifying header and footer, and renaming HTML files to EJS, improving the user experience and maintainability.
Call-for-Code-for-Racial-Justice/TakeTwo
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
TakeTwo solution provides a quick and simple tool for media creators and media consumers to be more vigilant to detect and eliminate racial bias (both overt and subtle) in their content
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 commits, 3 PRs in 10 months
creatorsdetectbiasconsumers
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