gagan gopalaiah
Picture of me, last day of Cisco

sup. i'm a software engineer at amazon web services working on dynamodb - a nosql database. i enjoy tackling distributed systems problems and the occasional late-night debugging session where everything mysteriously works after a restart 🤔

my path led me from rvce, bengaluru to cisco, then to ucsd for a master's degree, and now to the fast-paced world of aws. along the way, i've discovered that the best solutions often come from the simplest ideas.

when i'm not staring at logs or writing code, you might find me climbing mountains or playing fifa. always happy to chat about tech, mountains, or football (go liverpool)

journey so far

jul 2025
climbed mount st. helens
explored the pacific northwest's active volcano
personal
jun 2024
started at aws dynamodb
began working on distributed systems at scale
industry
june 2024
graduated ucsd
completed master's degree in computer science
education
winter 2024
ta for cse 210
mentored graduate students in software engineering
teaching
fall 2023
ta for cse 210
facilitated discussions and guided project teams
teaching
apr-dec 2023
research assistant at ucsd
contributed to greengrader carbon optimization project
research
june-sept 2023
software engineer intern at litepoint
built a web application for remote product demos
industry
spring 2023
ta for cse 110
mentored undergraduate software engineering teams
teaching
winter 2023
ta for cse 134
taught html, css, and javascript fundamentals
teaching
fall 2022
ta for cse 110
guided students through software development lifecycle
teaching
sept 2022
started at ucsd
began master's program in computer science
education
jul 2022
left cisco systems
concluded 3 years in enterprise software development
industry
nov 2021
climbed kumar parvatha
karnataka's toughest
personal
oct 2021
climbed kudremukha
a very green climb
personal
jul 2019
started at cisco systems
developed authorization and authentication microservices for cx cloud
industry
jan 2018
climbed kedarkantha
first himalayan climb
personal
may 2019
graduated r.v. college of engineering
bachelor's degree in computer science
education