Experience

This repository contains an overview of all the pull requests I have created/merged across various open source projects, highlighting my journey through prestigious programs like Google Summer of Code and Linux Foundation Mentorship.

Table of Content

• Open Source Contributions

  • CNCF - JaegerTracing
  • Kubeflow Ecosystem
    • kubeflow - manifests
    • kubeflow - pipelines

• Internship Experiences

  • LFX Mentorship - Jaeger
  • Google Summer of Code - Kubeflow

Internship Experiences

LFX Mentorship

The Linux Foundation Mentorship (LFX) Program is a structured open source project internship where I had the opportunity to contribute to real-world, production-grade open source projects.

My LFX Journey

During my LFX mentorship with Jaeger, I worked on Jaeger V2, a major update that rebases all backend components on top of the OpenTelemetry Collector. My primary responsibilities included:

• Integrating storage backends (Cassandra, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Badger, gRPC)
• Developing comprehensive integration tests for the new backends
• Collaborating with experienced open source maintainers

You can find more details about my specific contributions and experiences in the Jaeger section.

Skills Used

• Golang
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Databases
• Microservices monitoring and tracing
• Performance testing and optimization

Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is Google's annual program that connects university students with open source organizations for paid software development internships. I participated in GSoC 2025 with the Kubeflow organization.

My GSoC Journey with Kubeflow

During my GSoC internship with Kubeflow (March 2025 - September 2025), I focused on enhancing the security, infrastructure, and developer experience of the Kubeflow ecosystem. My key contributions included:

🔐 Security Enhancements:

• Designed and implemented production-grade deployment of SeaweedFS with multi-tenancy (namespace isolation) as a secure replacement for Minio
• Enhanced security by enforcing Pod Security Standards (PSS) baseline/restricted policies across all Kubeflow components including Notebooks, Katib, KServe, and Istio ingress gateway
• Implemented comprehensive security testing and validation frameworks

🚀 Infrastructure & CI/CD:

• Migrated Istio images from DockerHub to Google Container Registry (GCR) for improved reliability and security
• Enhanced CI/CD workflows in the kubeflow/manifests repository with automated code quality checks
• Implemented pre-commit hooks for automated linting, formatting, and validation
• Refactored shared testing components to improve maintainability and reduce code duplication

🔧 Developer Experience:

• Extended Kubeflow Pipelines (KFP) environment variables for better configuration management
• Improved documentation and developer onboarding processes
• Contributed to migration efforts for the kubeflow/dashboard repository
• Fixed critical issues in cluster deployment configurations

You can find detailed information about my contributions in the Kubeflow Manifests and Kubeflow Pipelines sections.

Skills & Technologies Used

• Cloud Native: Kubernetes, Kustomize, Helm
• Security: Pod Security Standards, RBAC, Multi-tenancy
• Storage: SeaweedFS, Persistent Volumes, Storage Classes
• Service Mesh: Istio, Ingress Controllers
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Pre-commit hooks, Automated testing
• Languages: Go, Python, YAML
• Tools: Docker, kubectl, kustomize

About This Repository

This repository serves as a portfolio of my open source contributions. Each project has its own directory with a dedicated README.md containing:

1. Project overview
2. Technologies used
3. My contributions with links to relevant PRs
4. Experiences and learnings

Feel free to explore the different projects I've contributed to!