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Hey, I'mMonit Thakkar.

Software Developer II at AppDynamics (Cisco)

Building distributed systems and AI agents at Cisco.

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By the numbers

Real impact, shipped to production

A few highlights from things I've built and shipped at AppDynamics (Cisco).

$1.7M

Client account safeguarded by resolving a critical data-layer conflict

80%

Reduction in manual remediation effort via Patchinator-AI

400+

Enterprise customers using the K8s monitoring feature I shipped

$30M

ARR worth of customer escalations resolved end-to-end

500+

Components scanned across 4 ecosystems by Patchinator-AI

3.4M+

Rows query optimized from ~2s to sub-millisecond latency

Where I've worked

Experience

Five years of building backend systems, from CRM APIs to MCP-driven AI orchestration.

CurrentNov 2025 - Present
Software Developer II
AppDynamics (Cisco)Bangalore, India
- Built Patchinator-AI, an end-to-end security automation system using MCP-based AI orchestration, scanning 500+ components across 4 ecosystems (Maven, PyPI, NPM, NuGet), processing 80+ vulnerabilities end-to-end in under 30 min per library, reducing manual remediation effort by 80% and cutting vulnerability exposure from weeks to hours.
- Designed and shipped a production-grade Kubernetes monitoring feature for 400+ enterprise customers, enabling real-time visibility into pods, nodes, and namespaces with custom health rules, alerting, and performance metrics; built scalable metric storage on HBase integrated into the AppDynamics observability platform.
- Architected a cloud-agnostic abstraction layer with shared libraries for storage, key management, and database services across AWS and Azure, reducing cross-cloud integration effort and standardizing service interaction patterns.
- Optimized a critical Kubernetes pod purger query scanning 3.4M+ rows, reducing per-execution latency from ~2s to sub-millisecond, improving pod lifecycle cleanup for enterprise customers with high container churn.
MCPAI AgentsKubernetesJavaHBaseAWSAzure
Jul 2023 - Nov 2025
Software Developer I
AppDynamics (Cisco)Bangalore, India
- Optimized in-memory caching by migrating from FastLocal/Google Guava to Caffeine cache, eliminating thread saturation issues and improving cache efficiency by 30% across high-throughput data pipelines.
- Led a full-stack Java 8 to Java 17 migration spanning Gradle build tooling, plugin compatibility, UI module decoupling, and 50+ library upgrades, enabling the team to leverage modern language features and improved performance.
- Resolved a critical data-layer conflict between MySQL and TimeSeries DB that safeguarded a $1.7M client account; led resolution of high-priority customer escalations totaling ~$30M in ARR, delivering feature enhancements, security patches, and performance optimizations.
Java 17CaffeineMySQLTimeSeries DBGradle
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
System Software Intern
NVIDIABangalore, India
- Reduced local processing time by 1.5 seconds and runtime delays by 500-700ms through LD_LIBRARY_PATH optimization, improving shared library resolution for embedded systems.
- Improved Stereo Vision Sensor boot performance by 2 seconds by diagnosing and resolving system-level initialization delays, enhancing overall sensor stability and startup reliability.
CC++Embedded SystemsLinux
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Software Engineering Intern
AJIO (Reliance Retail)Bangalore, India
- Built a microservice to externalize environment-specific configurations using Spring Cloud Config Server, decoupling config management from deployment cycles.
- Integrated Spring Cloud Bus with Kafka for real-time config propagation across services; secured configuration storage using HashiCorp Vault engines with GitLab-backed version control.
Spring BootKafkaVaultMicroservices
May 2020 - Jul 2021
Software Developer
FreelanceAhmedabad, India
- Developed and deployed RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot for a CRM application, enabling key customer-facing features and collaborating with stakeholders to resolve workflow bottlenecks and improve end-user experience.
Spring BootREST APIsCRM

What I've built

Featured projects

Production systems, internal tools, and the occasional weekend hack.

Patchinator-AI

MCP-orchestrated security automation

End-to-end security automation system that scans 500+ components across Maven, PyPI, NPM and NuGet, then auto-remediates vulnerabilities using MCP-based AI orchestration. Cut manual effort by 80% and reduced vulnerability exposure from weeks to hours.

500+ components scanned
80% effort reduction
<30 min per library

MCPAI AgentsJavaSpring BootPython

K8s Monitoring Platform

Real-time observability for enterprises

Production K8s monitoring shipped to 400+ enterprise customers - real-time visibility into pods, nodes and namespaces with custom health rules, alerting and metrics. Built scalable metric storage on HBase integrated into the AppDynamics platform.

400+ enterprise customers
Real-time alerting
Scalable HBase storage

KubernetesHBaseJavaSpring Boot

Cloud-Agnostic Abstraction Layer

One library, two clouds

Designed shared libraries for storage, key management and database services that work seamlessly across AWS and Azure. Standardized service interaction patterns and slashed cross-cloud integration effort for downstream teams.

AWS + Azure parity
Reusable shared libs

AWSAzureJavaKMSS3Blob Storage

Java 8 → Java 17 Migration

50+ libraries, zero downtime

Led a full-stack migration spanning Gradle build tooling, plugin compatibility, UI module decoupling and 50+ library upgrades - unlocking modern language features and noticeable performance gains for the team.

50+ libraries upgraded
Modern JVM features

Java 17GradleJVMPlugin API

My toolbox

Skills & technologies

Tools and concepts I reach for daily, plus a few I'm currently exploring.

Languages

JavaC++PythonGoC

Frameworks

Spring BootHibernateAngularReact

Infrastructure & Tools

KubernetesHelmDockerAWSAzureKafkaMavenGradleVaultJenkinsGit

Databases

MySQLMongoDBHBaseTimeSeries DB

Concepts

MicroservicesDistributed SystemsCachingCI/CDAI AgentsMCP

Where I studied

Education

CGPA 8.4 / 10

International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore

Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering

Aug 2021 - May 2023Bangalore, India

CGPA 8.2 / 10

L.J. Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering

Aug 2016 - May 2020Ahmedabad, India

Let's talk

Get in touch

Have a role, project idea, or just want to chat about distributed systems? Drop a message - I read every one.

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