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Somnath Nirakari
Somnath is an experienced software engineer with about 15 years of experience. His area of expertise is backend engineering, but having worked at multiple startups and wearing multiple hats, he has developed considerable skills in other software disciplines such as frontend development, DevOps, and platform engineering. When not working on features of a product, he is always looking at ways to make the product more reliable, faster, and fault-tolerant. He has a master's degree in computer science from the University of Florida. Before joining BigHat, Somnath worked in multiple startups in different domains such as healthcare, fintech, and consumer products.