Senior Software Engineer

Salesforce

•  Worked as a Senior Software Engineer in the Platform Cloud at Salesforce.

•  Responsible for developing, designing and implementing highly scalable solutions using Java, Python etc and deploying on multi-cloud platforms using devops

• Working as a Software Engineer in the Regulatory Compliance team under the Platform Standards Cloud at Salesforce.com.

• Worked as a Software Engineer MTS in the Airgap Isolation team under Enterprise Foundation Cloud at Salesforce.com.

• Responsible for design, development, test, implementation of highly scalable tools to be provided to Salesforce customers

Software Engineer

• Worked as a level 2 software engineer in the multi-cloud architecture team of SAP Labs.

• Worked with teams across the globe to make the clients experience smooth across all hyper-scalars (Azure, AWS, GCP and Ali Cloud).

•  Architected and developed applications end to end, worked on multiple project with technology stack involving Golang, Java, Python, ReactJS, Shell Scripting, AWS, GCP and Alicloud.

•  Deployed applications to cloud with knowledge into domains of compute, storage, networking, docker, K8s etc.

Software Engineer II

Tesla

• Worked as a Software Engineer in the Master Data Management team of Tesla.

• Worked on the enterprise retail planning modules used by departments of Tesla using Angular5, JQuery, C# SQL Server using MVC pattern and other web development frameworks.

• Responsible for the development of backend APIs, front-end design, end to end scalable applications and migration of existing code to new technologies.

Amazon

• Worked in the E-Commerce Foundation Technology team of Amazon.com in Seattle HQ.

• Worked on an independent tool from end to end.

• Responsible for the design, coding, testing/QA and deployment of the CLI tool.

• Developed a client application which queries the NoSQL database used by Amazon.com, process the responses and dumps the entire scope in the AWS S3 bucket of customer.

• Implemented the rate limiting, multithreading, scalability to multiple hosts, authentication, unit, integration and stress testing using JUnit and Mockito and delivered a working CLI tool in deployment with the customer onboarding procedure.

Software Engineer Intern

I am a results-driven software engineer with 7+ years of experience leading teams and building scalable systems at top-tier companies like Meta, Salesforce, and Tesla. Currently, I lead multiple work streams for Meta's Family Center product, impacting millions of users across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and more.

My expertise lies in leading tech teams, strategizing roadmaps, designing and implementing scalable APIs, mentoring individuals and delivering products in fast-paced environments. I thrive at the intersection of product development and infrastructure, with a strong focus on engineering excellence and career growth.

Beyond coding, I write The Hustling Engineer, a newsletter that helps software engineers navigate their careers and grow in the tech industry. I’m also a vivid cricket fan who finds life lessons in sports analogies.

Let’s connect to discuss tech, career growth, or cricket!
📩 Reach me at: linktr.ee/hemant.pandey

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I turned 31 today
And realized that the last time I celebrated my birthday in India was when I turned 21

Ten years
Almost a whole decade spent in the US - chasing growth, building a career, collecting milestones

Now I’m back in India.
And it feels like life just flipped chapters

My 20s in US were all about speed
- How fast can I grow?
- How far can I go?

My 30s?
- All about direction.
- Am I growing in the right areas?
- Am I building something that actually matters?

The same ambition feels different now
Less about “more,” more about “meaning”

This birthday wasn’t about parties or big plans
Just gratitude.
Family

And the realization that success looks different in every decade

Here’s to always showing up and staying curious wherever life takes you next

Cheers

If you are preparing for a coding or LLD interview, you need to know these 12 design patterns

1. Singleton – One instance shared globally.
2. Factory – Creates objects without exposing logic.
3. Observer – Notifies dependents when state changes.
4. Decorator – Adds new behavior dynamically.
5. Adapter – Bridges incompatible interfaces.
6. Strategy – Switch algorithms seamlessly.
7. Command – Encapsulates requests as objects.
8. Facade – Simplifies complex subsystems.
9. Proxy – Controls access to real objects.
10. Builder – Constructs complex objects step-by-step.
11. Composite – Treats objects and groups uniformly.
12. Mediator – Coordinates communication via a central hub.

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Today marks exactly one year since I moved to India from USA

Here is what my experience has been

Things Better in India for ME
- Closer to family and friends
- Affordable healthcare and daily expenses
- Festivals are much more vibrant
- Availability of domestic help, making daily life easier
- Better food options
- Everything digital, you literally don’t need to step outside if you don’t want
- Everything at your doorsteps in 10 minutes
- Better clubs and cafes (in comparison to Bay area)
- Can do anything and travel anywhere without visa restrictions
- Living in 1800sqft apartment (compared to 900sqft in Bay Area)
- No visa stress 


Things Better in the US
- Cleaner public spaces
- Better AQI (though Bengaluru AQI is pretty good)
- Better discipline on roads
- More Hiking and Outdoor Opportunities



Overall, I feel happier and more content living in India

There is more support and more freedom which significantly improves my mental wellbeing

Also, Belated Happy Diwali to all 🪔

System Design is the hidden engine behind every reliable, scalable, and lightning-fast application we use daily

Every great system starts with strong foundational principles
These 15 concepts define how modern distributed systems handle scale, performance, and fault tolerance.

1. Load Balancer
Distributes incoming requests evenly across servers, ensuring no single machine gets overloaded.

2. Database Sharding
Splits large databases into smaller, faster segments for improved query performance and scalability.

3. Caching
Stores frequently accessed data locally to speed up responses and reduce database strain.

4. Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Delivers data from servers closest to users, improving speed and reducing latency worldwide.

5. API Gateway
Acts as the central entry point, managing routing, authentication, and communication between services.

6. Microservices

Breaks applications into independent, modular services — making them easier to scale and maintain.

7. Message Queue
Handles asynchronous communication between services, ensuring reliability and smooth workload distribution.

8. Service Discovery
Automatically detects and connects services within a distributed system for seamless communication.

9. Circuit Breaker
Prevents cascading failures by blocking requests to faulty or slow services until they recover.

10. Rate Limiting
Controls how many requests a client can make to maintain stability and prevent abuse.

11. Data Replication
Creates multiple data copies across servers for redundancy and disaster recovery.

12. CAP Theorem
States that distributed systems can only guarantee two of three: Consistency, Availability, or Partition tolerance.

13. Throttling
Regulates request flow to prevent performance degradation and maintain system responsiveness.

14. Redundancy
Ensures reliability by having backup systems ready to take over during failures.

15. Horizontal Scaling
Increases capacity by adding more servers instead of upgrading existing ones vertically.

Master these fundamentals to become the top 1% software engineer

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If I give 10 interviews, I might clear 2 or 3
If I cold DM 100 people, maybe 10 will respond
If I apply to 50 jobs, probably 5 will even move forward


Because in most cases, failure is the default
You’re supposed to hear more no’s than yes’s


The good part is that only need one YES

One recruiter who replies
One manager who believes in you
One company that says, “Let’s move forward”


If you can stomach the 80% rejection rate and still show up for the next attempt
- You’ve already separated yourself from most people.

That’s what makes you unstoppable - not the wins, but your tolerance for loss.


Don’t obsess over the failure rate.
Play long enough, and probability starts working for you

#career

We ditched slides for our retro last week, 
and it completely changed the vibe

I ran our last retrospective meeting using Miro, and honestly, I don’t think I’m going back to slides or docs again

Normally, retros end up being scattered:
- Notes in one doc
- Action items in another
- And follow-ups that no one tracks

With Miro, everything was in one visual workspace.

We used a
Continue → Stop → Invent → Act board, 
and it made collaboration effortless 

Everyone dropped thoughts in real time, voted, and turned them into next steps instantly

No switching tabs
No missed context

Just a clear, shared picture of what went well and what to improve.

What I loved most:
✅ Real-time collaboration (even async)
✅ Clear visibility for the whole team
✅ Templates that save setup time

If you run engineering retros or create technical diagrams, check out Miro
http://miro.pxf.io/bOXGg6

You can also check my full Retro Miro - link in comments

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This is how I would start my journey of being a solid AI Engineer in 2025


This roadmap walks you step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced AI, helping you build real-world skills and engineer intelligent systems confidently.

1. Programming Fundamentals
Start with Python and SQL. Learn syntax, data structures, APIs, and problem-solving with DSA.

2. Mathematics, Statistics & EDA
Master linear algebra, calculus, probability, and A/B testing to analyze and visualize data.

3. Traditional Machine Learning
Build predictive models, explore AutoML, time series analysis, and apply ML ethically in business.

4. Supervised Learning
Dive into regression, classification, decision trees, random forests, and model evaluation techniques.

5. Unsupervised Learning
Understand clustering, dimensionality reduction, and pattern discovery with K-Means, PCA, and GMM.

6. Deep Learning
Learn neural networks, CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, TensorFlow, and Keras for advanced data modeling.

7. Generative AI
Create content with GANs, VAEs, Diffusion Models, and LoRA fine-tuning using Hugging Face tools.

8. Natural Language Processing
Master text generation, summarization, and OpenAI APIs to build chatbots and language models.

9. AI Agents
Step into the future - develop intelligent, autonomous agents capable of reasoning and action.



Content Reference: aifolksorg

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Good question to ask your system design interviewer who always finds ‘Single point of failure’ in your design

- What will your company do if AWS goes down?

Just like you manage load in real life, the systems also manage their load

Load balancing is the concept behind it
It ensures every server shares the work efficiently without crashing under pressure.


Here’s a breakdown of 12 popular load balancing algorithms - explained simply with real-world analogies you can relate to.

1. Round Robin
Distributes requests sequentially among servers, ensuring balanced workload across all nodes.

2. Weighted Round Robin
Assigns a higher load to stronger servers using custom weight distribution logic.

3. Least Connections
Routes new requests to the server with the fewest active connections.

4. Weighted Least Connections
Combines server performance weights with connection count for optimal load allocation.

5. IP Hash
Uses client IP to route users consistently to the same backend server.

6. Random
Selects a server at random, ensuring quick and simple load distribution.

7. Least Response Time
Choose the server with the lowest response time and fewest connections.

8. Weighted Least Response Time
Factors in both speed and capacity to balance loads dynamically.

9. Source IP Hash
Maps traffic from a specific IP to one server for session consistency.

10. Geolocation Load Balancing
Routes users to the nearest regional server for faster response times.

11. Consistent Hashing
Minimizes disruption by reassigning only a few requests when servers change.

12. Adaptive Load Balancing
Monitors performance in real time and adjusts traffic flow intelligently.

If you’re exploring System Design, DevOps, or Microservices, this post is a must-read.

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Everyone wants to escape the 9–5
But 9–5 is the smartest way to live

You have better odds of living a great life as an employee than as:
•	an entrepreneur
•	a content creator
•	a freelancer
•	a startup founder
•	a crypto trader


In all these “dream” paths, the math is brutal
You need to be in the top 0.1% to actually make it big


Most creators don’t make enough to live
Most startups fail
Most freelancers burn out

But a good 9–5 provides
- Steady income
- Decent work-life balance
- Health insurance
- Free weekends
- Time (and money) to explore side stuff


We keep hearing “escape the 9-5”
But honestly, most people would be happier if they just learned to make it work for them

Find good people
Work on things you care about
Keep growing
Use the stability to build the rest of your life

A great life isn’t about quitting your job
It’s about using it right

I’ve spent the last couple of years building on LinkedIn and now, it’s time to start from scratch

I am starting my journey again on Instagram

For the longest time, I told myself I’m “not the Instagram type” 

But the truth is: 
The next level of growth almost always lives on the other side of discomfort.

So, I’m officially starting fresh on Instagram

It’s going to be a space where I’ll share:
🔹 Real lessons from building a career in tech
🔹 Stories and strategies around side hustles, AI and productivity
🔹 Practical breakdowns on career growth and tech interviews
🔹 A behind-the-scenes look at what I’m building next

I won’t pretend to have it all figured out but I will show up and share things that make a difference


If you’ve ever found value in my content here or my newsletter, I’d love your support on IG: 
https://lnkd.in/gsKmyJFA 

Thanks for the inspiration
Aishwarya Zach Ruchi Archy Anu Megan Sundas Saumya Harnoor Singh  Pritesh Kushal

I used to work 14 hours a day early in my career

I thought I was being ambitious
But I was just being stupid

One day, my mentor said something that completely changed how I looked at work:

“The biggest growth factor for any business and career is good physical and mental health.”


He didn’t stop there, he said

“If you die, you’re out of business. There’s no career after that”

That hit hard


We glorify hustle, late nights, and “pushing limits.”
But no one tells you that burnout kills more careers than failure ever did

Since then, I’ve started treating my career like a marathon, not a sprint

The goal isn’t to finish fast
It’s to stay in the race long enough to win

#wellbeing

The biggest complement I got in my career is

‘He is fun to work with’

- Not “You’re the most technical person on the team”
- Not “You always hit deadlines”
- Not “You’re a great problem-solver”

But “You’re fun to work with”

It means you make collaboration easier
You bring calm when things break
You lift people up instead of pointing fingers.


And that matters more than any framework, language, or certification

Deep down, we’re all humans
We want to work with people who make us feel respected, supported, and heard

The best engineers aren’t just great at their craft, they make everyone around them better.

Be the person people like to work and hang out with

#career

Clean, simple and impactful. This is what a dream career looks like 😀

I am excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at /function1 conference in Dubai

It is one of the largest year-end AI conferences happening in Dubai this November

📅 November 18-19, 2025
📍 Festival Arena, Dubai

/function1 brings together 10,000+ global attendees, 150+ world-class speakers, and 100+ AI startups & tech exhibitors under one roof 

We discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence, innovation, and entrepreneurship

I’ll be joining a fantastic lineup of founders, innovators, and thought leaders shaping what’s next in AI.

To make it even more exciting, as an official Function1 partner, I’ve got something special for my network 👇

🎟 Complimentary Curated Pass
I have 50 exclusive passes to share with my community reserved for a highly curated audience of builders, decision-makers, and AI enthusiasts

And if you’re a founder or C-level executive, I have complimentary VIP passes to offer

DM me or comment if you are interested

Looking forward to connecting with many of you there

Imagine uprooting your life, moving for work and then being laid off

This is what has happened to multiple folks at Amazon

At moments like this, you realize that you’re just a number in a spreadsheet

So next time your company says “we’re a family”, put your noise-cancelling AirPods ON 

#layoffs

If you have 3+ years of experience and making <30 lakhs per annum,

You are leaving money on the table

You are either
- Working too much without any incentive
- Not positioning yourself right
- Not aware about the market
- Too lazy to get out of comfort zone


With 3-4 months of focussed prep, you can 2x or even 3x your compensation

A higher compensation can significantly improve your lifestyle and accelerate your financial goals

If you have no idea where to start, check out my cohort link in the comment


Your only goal as employee should be paid fairly for the value you create

If you are underpaid, even a promotion would not match the market salary. You need to know where is the better ROI on your efforts is

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