# Kashmira Kapadia

> Principal Engineer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kashmira

System software and platform infrastructure design and development.  
Expertise in 1Gig, 10Gig network device drivers, switch drivers, low level x86 based system software development on multi core embedded systems.  
Proven skills on Linux kernel and Xen based virtualization systems.

Specialties: Embedded software development.
x86 based system software development.
Multicore programming.
Linux/Unix kernel internals.
Virtualization expertise.
1Gig/10Gig device drivers.
Layer-2 switch driver.
Performance optimizations on multicore Intel and AMD based systems.
Fiber Channel drivers for SAN solutions.
Transparent Firewall.
IPv6.
Digital signal processing.

## Work Experience
### Principal Engineer @ Balbix
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Balbix is the world’s first cybersecurity platform to leverage specialized AI to provide real-time visibility into an organization’s breach risk. The Balbix system predicts where and how breaches are likely to happen, prescribes prioritized mitigating actions, and enables workflows to address the underlying security issues.

### Technical Lead @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Member Technical Staff @ Springpath (Acquired by Cisco)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, California

### Sr. Staff Engineer @ FireEye
Jan 2012 – Jan 2017

### Principal Engineer @ Emulex
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Jose

### Senior Software Engineer @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2000 – Jan 2011

### System Design Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000

### Systems software engineer @ Starcom Technology Inc.
Jan 1997 – Jan 1999

### Systems Manager @ Wipro Systems
Jan 1994 – Jan 1996

### Member Technical Staff @ Center for Development of Advanced Computing - Pune
Jan 1990 – Jan 1994


## Education
### Bachelor of Computer Engineering in Computer Engineering
Pune Institute of Computer Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kashmira-kapadia-062155b

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Last updated: 2026-04-12