Pushpak Jha

Pushpak Jha has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Pushpak started their career at Seagate Technology in 2013 as a Test Process Lead. In this role, they collaborated with software developers, core team management, and factory teams to enhance and innovate the test process for building, programming, and calibrating hard drives. Pushpak focused on software development, debugging in Python and C, failure analysis, and data analysis with mechanical engineering teams. Pushpak worked at Seagate Technology until 2017.

Following that, Pushpak joined NetApp SolidFire in 2017 as a Software Engineer. Pushpak contributed to the development of a new testing framework in Python for automated testing of the cloud network storage product and its API. Pushpak also wrote tests and created test plans. In the last two years of their role, Pushpak led efforts to establish a CICD framework using Jenkins pipelines, Python, and Bash. This framework automated tasks, allowing engineers to concentrate on feature development. The framework is currently utilized by a team of over 50 engineers for daily and weekly testing.

Currently, Pushpak Jha is a Staff Software Engineer at Automox since February 2021. Pushpak took ownership of legacy codebases, enhancing their capabilities and resolving long-standing bugs. Additionally, they led an internal project coordinating SRE, Ops, and software developers to create simpler and cost-effective pre-production environments, resulting in significant savings on AWS costs. Pushpak also collaborates with project teams to develop, test, and deploy new microservices to enhance the Automox platform.

Pushpak Jha obtained their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University, where they studied from 2007 to 2011. Pushpak then pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2011 to 2013.