# Nikesh Padakanti

> Engineer

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ BrightNight
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Software Engineer - Enterprise Security (SIEM) @ Splunk
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Building security analytics for enterprise customers.

### Sr. Software Engineer - NLP @ Splunk
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Software Engineer - NLP @ Splunk
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Founding Engineer @ Drastin
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
(Splunk acquired Drastin in May 2017)

Drastin makes data analysis effortless for business users by removing technical complexities and dependency on analysts. Drastin was recognized as a Cool Vendor in AI for Search Driven Data Analytics by Gartner.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Tobi
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### Senior Software Engineering @ Cloud360 Hyperplatform
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Smart Pillars
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Marvell
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009

### Web Application Developer (intern) @ Asian Inc
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
San Francisco Bay University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nikesh08

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Source: https://flows.cv/nikesh
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nikesh/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-11