Distributed platforms
Designing services that scale reliably with replication, observability, and fault-tolerant communication patterns.
Backend Engineer • Distributed Systems • Systems Programming
Building resilient backend systems with low-level curiosity.
I design and ship robust distributed platforms, developer tooling, and systems-level experiments with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and clean architecture.
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Distributed systems
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nishanth@nsphub:~$
$ whoami
Nishanth Shetty
$ cat role.txt
Lead Developer @ IBM
$ ls skills/
Golang Java Clojure C/C++ Rust Assembly
$ cat experience.txt
9 years building systems
$ echo $PASSION
Systems Programming | Distributed Systems | Backend Development
$ _
8+
Years Experience
10+
Major Projects
6
Tech Articles
Snapshot
What I focus on
I enjoy solving infrastructure-heavy problems, building developer-first tools, and exploring systems internals through practical projects.
Developer tooling
Creating CLIs, middleware, and internal tools that improve engineering workflows and reduce operational friction.
Systems exploration
Experimenting with kernels, virtual machines, compilers, and low-level runtimes to deepen engineering intuition.
Selected work
Featured Projects
A mix of production-minded backend systems, language tooling, and systems programming experiments.
Lignum
Distributed message queue built using Golang, similar to Kafka. Uses Consul for distributed leader election. Runs in single node or cluster mode, with ability to replicate, persist messages, and exposes REST and gRPC endpoints.
Crust
C/C++ to Rust transpiler written in Rust. Converts C and C++ code into idiomatic Rust code.
Genesis
An educational project to learn and build an operating system kernel from scratch.
StackVM
Stack-based virtual machine implementation, similar to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Executes bytecode instructions using a stack-based architecture.
gRPC Interceptors
Middleware library for Go gRPC applications that provides logging, tracing, and monitoring of RPC requests. Extensible architecture allows users to add custom functionality.
gmod
Command-line tool to quickly scaffold and initialize Golang projects with proper module structure and best practices.
More Projects
Explore more of my open source projects, experiments, and contributions on GitHub.