Karan Khanna is a result-oriented, polyglot software engineering lead with extensive experience in cloud technologies, distributed systems, and their reliability challenges. He currently serves as the Engineering Lead at Coupang, focusing on enhancing the e-commerce business's reliability and availability. Before Coupang, Karan led significant infrastructure and reliability initiatives at Netflix and Twitter, driving efforts across geo-distributed teams to improve service reliability and cost efficiency.
His core competencies include software development, infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), DevOps, and strategic execution across various tech stacks including Kubernetes, AWS, and Google Cloud. Karan holds an M.S. in Software Engineering from San Jose State University with a GPA of 3.91 and a B.Tech in Information Technology from Punjab Technical University with a GPA of 3.90.
Karan is also recognized for his leadership in cultural initiatives and has contributed to community and health programs at major tech companies, showcasing his commitment to both technological and team growth.