Distributed Systems
Service design, remote execution, high-throughput pipelines, and platform scalability.
Distributed systems | Cloud infrastructure | Security
Prasad Ekke
Senior Principal Software Engineer building backend platforms that stay fast, reliable, and secure as they grow from internal tools into critical infrastructure.
Cloud-native platforms
Performance engineering
Enterprise security
Profile
Software engineer at Broadcom working on technologies that enable faster and more secure data access. Background spans distributed systems design, large-scale platforms, cloud infrastructure, databases, and enterprise security products across Broadcom, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Symantec, and BindView.
Core strengths
Deep systems work with pragmatic engineering judgment.
Cloud Infrastructure
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Linux, databases, multi-tenant services, and cost-aware architecture.
Systems Programming
C++, Go, Rust, Java, Python, Win32 API, multithreading, IPC, profiling, and debugging.
Security Platforms
CASB, DLP, content inspection, data protection pipelines, endpoint architecture.
Experience
Trusted across infrastructure, security, and developer platforms.
Sr. Principal Software Engineer
Broadcom
Jul 2022 - Present
Works on security and data-access platforms, with current focus on storage design, write-access patterns, cloud efficiency, and observability for distributed services.
Software Engineer
Nov 2020 - May 2022
Built multi-language clients for the Remote Execution platform, helping engineering teams integrate distributed builds and tests with less friction.
Sr. Software Engineer
Amazon AWS ElastiCache
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Drove security improvements for Redis and Memcached clusters and mentored engineers on code quality and internal server hardening.
Software Engineer Level 5
Broadcom Inc. / Symantec Enterprise Division
Jul 2018 - Jul 2020
Worked on Symantec DLP cloud offerings, including data storage, aggregation, reporting, and infrastructure for analytics and machine-learning use cases.
Sr. Principal / Principal Engineer
Symantec
Jan 2006 - Jun 2018
Built and led work across Cloud DLP, endpoint detection, Mac support, content extraction, network parsing, and cross-platform agent infrastructure.
Software Engineer
BindView Corporation
Jun 2005 - Jan 2006
Developed SQL Server auditing, reporting, upgrade, scheduling, and access-control capabilities for security assessment products.
Work
Credentials, patents, and public profile.
Patents
Monitoring Network-Based Printing for DLP - US 13/453,214
Method and Technique for DLP from Virtualized Applications - US 13/048,786
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, University of Pune / PICT - 2005.
Diploma in Computer Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth's JNIT / MSBTE - 2002.
Certifications
Google Cloud Platform Specialization and Scrum Master.
Triplebyte Certified Generalist Software Engineer; Go and C++ learning credentials.