About

Kiran S

Hi, I’m Kiran! I am a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Nokia leading two teams - one for the development of Nokia OS, a carrier grade Linux Operating System and one for the DevOps CI/CD organization for 3G, 4G and 5G Platform and Edge Cloud Products. My background at Nokia includes:

20 Years of R&D experience in Agile product development
12 Years of leading R&D teams as a manager across several progressive leadership positions
8 Years of hands-on software development experience in object oriented, large scale distributed systems
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified for demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies
Expert Product Management Award for PoC of Li-Fi based Nokia telecom products
Lead new Feature and Security vulnerability discussions with third-parties like MontaVista and WindRiver for feature integration
Specialization in C++, C, UNIX/LINUX development, Distributed and Multithreaded Software Architecture
Expertise in System Design, Development and Testing of software applications through Agile, ATDD and SBE modes of development
Handled onsite competence responsibilities for the Hardware Management domains at the Espoo R&D Center in 2014 and the Middleware Application domains at Helsinki R&D Center in 2008
Expertise in Software Engineering Management that includes Agile Software Engineering Management in Scrum Teams, People Management, Recruitment, Competence Development, Career Coaching, Jira Backlog Management, R&D Pipeline Projections, CI/CD DevOps Infrastructure & Engineering Process Improvements
Experience and understanding of the product development lifecycle and processes
Expertise in major Programming Languages: C++, C, Rust, JavaScript, CSS, Svelte and Python