# Kushaal Malde

> Senior Software Engineer

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

I am a full stack engineer with a passion for understanding and solving problems.

I recently co-created Otter, an open source serverless framework that enables peer-to-peer video-calling functionality within web applications.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Verantos
Jan 2025 – Present | SF Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Verantos
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | SF Bay Area

### Co-Creator, Software Engineer @ Otter
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | SF Bay Area & Toronto
Otter is an open-source, cloud native framework that enables peer-to-peer video communication within web applications by leveraging WebRTC, AWS and CoTURN technologies. https://otter-framework.dev
•Engineered an auto-scaling serverless infrastructure on AWS to enable WebRTC functionality within web applications (HTTP/WebSocket API Gateways, Lambda functions, ECS with Fargate, and DynamoDB)
•Built a developer friendly CLI npm package otter-video-cli to automate the provisioning and teardown of AWS cloud infrastructure (AWS CLI, oclif)
•Developed a React frontend application for private 1-on-1 meetings hosted by Otter (CloudFront with S3 Bucket) with low latency audio/video communication, instant messaging, and file sharing
•Containerized and deployed CoTURN in an ECS cluster with Fargate to support Otter's peer-to-peer connectivity
•Achieved 100% private and secure communication without a central server (WebRTC, CoTURN)
•Secured access to HTTP and WebSocket API Gateways by using an API key and JSON Web Tokens
•Optimized Otter for low latency by reducing the number of reads to DynamoDB from over 20 to 2
•Decoupled services based on traffic patterns and resolved race and concurrency challenges associated with event driven architecture (Lambdas, API Gateway)
•Designed an API for developers to self service integrating the Otter ecosystem into web apps with a single API call
•Authored a 9000 word technical case study discussing design decisions and engineering challenges

### Software Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Developed open-source web applications with technologies such as Node, PostgreSQL, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Selected projects:
•ReAck: a real-time React application for receiving and debugging webhooks (Socket.io, Nginx, PostgreSQL, DigitalOcean Droplet, PM2, Node)
•Collab Board: a Trello-like collaboration app (MongoDB, Express, Node, React, Redux)
•Diminishing Wist Scorekeeper: a React web app for multiplayer card game (Node, React, MaterialUI)

### Data Analyst @ Stanford University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022
Automated workflows by building modular tools to iterate and improve processes. Selected tools include:
•OCR Scanline tool to generate unique alphanumeric sequences based on record metadata automatically (Python)
•Spreadsheet pre and post processing tool to standardize, cleanse and transform records automatically (Pandas)

### Student Superhost @ Airbnb
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, California, United States
Operated a 16 bed hostel, hosted over 500 global guests, cash flow positive 5k/month, employed team of 3


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kushaal-malde
- Website: https://kushaal.net

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Source: https://flows.cv/kushaal
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kushaal/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-01