Ritwik Sharma
Ritwik Sharma, Sr. Software Engineer at LinkedIn
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I am currently working at LinkedIn as a Senior Software Engineer in Infrastructure Org, specializing in next-generation platforms and distributed systems. I have deep expertise in backend development, scaling, distributed systems, open source, artificial intelligence and observability, I am passionate about building robust, scalable infrastructure solutions.
Quantum Machine Learning – The Future of AI?
"Imagine an AI that can process data in ways classical computers can’t even dream of. What if we could solve problems in seconds that would take traditional models years? That’s the promise of Quantum Machine Learning (QML)."
* What is QML? (1 min)
Quantum Computing leverages qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously (superposition) and influence each other instantly (entanglement).
QML applies these principles to enhance AI models, offering exponential speed-ups for complex problems.
* Why Does It Matter? (1 min)
Classical AI struggles with optimization, large-scale simulations, and high-dimensional data.
Quantum computers could revolutionize:
* Drug discovery – Simulating molecules in ways traditional models can’t.
* Finance – Optimizing massive portfolios in real-time.
*Cybersecurity – Breaking (or strengthening) encryption faster than ever.
"QML is still evolving, but the future is closer than you think! Whether you’re a data scientist, engineer, or researcher, now is the time to explore quantum-powered AI. The next breakthrough might just be yours!
Mentorship: The Small Investment with a Big Impact
Think about a moment when someone’s advice, support, or encouragement changed your path. Maybe it was a friend, a teacher, a coworker, a manager, or a parent. That’s mentorship.
Introduction
* "Mentorship isn’t about knowing all the answers—it’s about guiding someone to find them."
* Quick intro: Who you are & why mentorship matters.
Why Mentorship?
* Everyone benefits: Mentee grows, Mentor learns, Community strengthens
* Learn from someone else's experience and mistakes.
My Mentorship Story (or a Famous Example)
* A quick personal (or well-known) story where mentorship made a difference.
The 3 Pillars of Great Mentorship
* Listen – Understand before advising.
* Guide – Share perspectives, not just answers.
* Empower – Help mentees make decisions, not depend on you.
Overcoming Mentorship Myths
* "I need to be an expert" → No, you just need experience to share!
* "It takes too much time" → Even a 30-minute chat can help.
* "I don’t have a mentor" → Look for role models, not just formal mentors.
How to Find (or Be) a Mentor
* Give before you get: Offer insights, connections, or even just enthusiasm.
* Join communities, attend events, or use LinkedIn to connect.
Leveraging gRPC at LinkedIn for Service Infrastructure Experience
Service developer experience surrounding next-generation service frameworks, including gRPC and its surrounding LinkedIn ecosystem. It mainly covers the life cycle of a LinkedIn service written in gRPC and how a service developer can leverage tools developed at LinkedIn such as:
Sceptre, a service discovery tool that enables the discovery, exploration, and experimentation with various gRPC resources and APIs. When building new products, users might want to expose certain data through their services or might want to consume data from other services.
gRPCurli - a LinkedIn wrapper over gRPCurl that lets
you interact with gRPC servers. It’s basically curl for gRPC
servers. Includes some important features such as Invocation Context, RPC header, Distributed Tracing, Datavault authentications, Call tree and Streaming.
IntelliJ plugin - grpcservice plugin to help the users work easily with service definitions to provide adding a new gRPC service and adding RPCs to an existing service.
Incident Summary Generation using GenAI
At LinkedIn, we are generating summary for each incident as part of our Site Engineering efforts for incident response. With this, we are able to get better impact assessment to triage the incident quickly and also plays a huge role in the comms throughout the company and to externally impacted users.
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