I am Manasa Bellamkonda, a graduate student in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), focusing on low-level systems and distributed backend services. I previously completed my Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT).
I enjoy solving challenging problems and building systems that operate at scale. Recently, I interned at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Networking organization, where I built a Layer-2 networking validation framework that brought visibility into 85%+ of Layer-3 sanity failures and eliminated 94% of hardcoded topology setups, significantly improving network validation and debugging.
Previously, at Platform9 Systems, I worked on a managed Kubernetes platform powering enterprise clusters across diverse environments. My work focused on scaling core services, improving reliability, and resolving production issues across management plane, cluster-level, and node-level components. I contributed features across Golang and Node.js services, improved platform scalability from hundreds to thousands of nodes, and built automation for large-scale testing. I also worked extensively with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling.
At USC, I have shaped my coursework around low-level and scalable systems, including Operating Systems (CSCI-402) and Computer Networking (CSCI-551).
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/manasab201