I Automated Deleting Our Infrastructure. Here’s Everything That I Learnt.
What it takes to make infrastructure cleanup safe: the checks, guardrails, and decisions around deleting unused Kubernetes clusters.
Swayam Prakash Kar
Building systems. Writing down what I learn.
Software engineer @ Confluent
Bengaluru, India
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Hey, I’m Swayam.
I’m Swayam Kar, a software engineer at Confluent, working with backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and real-time data.
I also build AI-powered applications, including GradePro, a team project exploring AI-assisted grading. This is where I collect my projects and share what I learn while building them.
If you’re hiring, here’s my résumé. (résumé PDF, opens in a new tab)
A little more about meSelected projects3
All projectsAn AWS configuration scanner that brings resource checks, findings, and security recommendations into one place.
Inside the projectWriting2
All writingStack
Languages
Web
Data
Streaming
Infrastructure
Tools & APIs
Experience
Full historyConfluent
Software Engineer
Jul 2026 – PresentFull-time · Bengaluru, India · Remote
Software Engineer Intern
Jan 2026 – Jul 2026Internship · Bengaluru, India · On-site
Built an automated system to find and safely clean up unused infrastructure, from the first commit to production. Also helped move a service from static cloud credentials to short-lived ones.
VENQ
SDE Intern
May 2025 – Jul 2025Internship · Rourkela, India · Remote
Rebuilt the website and admin tools with React, Node.js, and MongoDB. Designed the Fractional Investment Group page and built a blog platform using the Notion API and Gemini for content parsing, a table of contents, and SEO metadata.
Education
All educationNational Institute of Technology Rourkela
Bachelor of Technology (BTech)
2022 – 2026