Risha is a Software Engineer at Buoyant, and is a core contributor to the Linkerd project. She worked on the CLI and controller (Golang) as well as the Linkerd dashboard (React). Currently Risha is working on Dive, Buoyant’s newest product.

Previously, Risha worked on the Ads team at Twitter, building internal tools that helped Twitter’s salespeople manage large advertising accounts, tracking ad spend and ad performance.

In the last year, Risha has enjoyed speaking about Linkerd to the general community at meetups and conferences (including previous Kubecons). In her spare time, she square dances, sews, climbs and nerds out about many things, including puns.