# Abhijeet Sobalkar

> Principal Engineer | Oracle Utilities (SaaS) | Cloud-Native Systems | Distributed Systems | Kubernetes | OCI | AI-assisted Engineering

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/abhijeetsobalkar

I’m a software engineer with over two decades of experience building and scaling enterprise systems, with a focus on cloud-native architectures on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Kubernetes.
 
I enjoy working on systems that operate under real-world constraints. I’ve designed and built multi-tenant, distributed services that handle shared resource limits using asynchronous processing, rate-limited queuing, and fair scheduling to ensure reliable and predictable behavior at scale.
 
My work spans system design, backend development, and production operations. I’ve led initiatives end-to-end—partnering with product managers and architects to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable, production-ready systems.
 
I’m particularly interested in:
 Distributed systems and event-driven architectures 
 Kubernetes-based platform design 
 Building reliable systems with clear tradeoffs and constraints 
 
I also enjoy mentoring engineers, contributing to design discussions, and helping teams navigate complexity with simple, pragmatic solutions.

## Work Experience
### Principal Engineer - Oracle Utilities SaaS @ Oracle
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Staff Software Engineer @ Extreme Networks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Technical Lead @ Avaya
Jan 2009 – Jan 2017
I transitioned to Avaya as part of Nortel's Enterprise Business.

### Sr. Software Engineer / Design Lead @ Nortel Networks
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009

### Team Leader @ Atos Origin
Jan 2001 – Jan 2006

### Consultant @ diCarta
Jan 2003 – Jan 2004


## Education
### MS in Computer Science
Rivier University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abhsob

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Last updated: 2026-04-12