Vijay Kulkarni

Vijay Kulkarni builds networking and distributed systems, with work on Nexthop AI's India engineering organization and experience presenting on SONiC networking.

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Based in: Bengaluru

PractWorks

Jun 2021 — Present

Founder & CEO

Nexthop AI

Mar 2025 — Present

Head of India Software Engineering

Arrcus, Inc

Oct 2019 — Jun 2021

Sr Director/Head of India Engineering

Arista

Director of Software Engineering
May 2015 — Oct 2019
Arista Networks · Bengaluru, State of Karnataka, India
Software Development Manager
Dec 2013 — May 2015
Arista Networks · Bengaluru, State of Karnataka, India
Software Engineer
Feb 2013 — Dec 2013
Arista Networks · Bengaluru, State of Karnataka, India

Cisco

Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering
May 2011 — Feb 2013
Manager, Software Development Engineering
Dec 2008 — May 2011
Technical Leader
Sep 1999 — Dec 2008

Wipro

Nov 1995 — Jan 1999

Software Engineer

Stanford University

Master's studies in software

Karnatak University

Bachelor's studies in software

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Vijay Kulkarni

PractWorks

Nexthop AI

Arrcus, Inc

Arista

Director of Software Engineering

Software Development Manager

Software Engineer

Cisco

Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

Manager, Software Development Engineering

Technical Leader

Wipro

Stanford University

Karnatak University

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