Kanwarpal Brar
Hi, I'm Kanwarpal — a Production Engineer at Meta and a 2025 Computer Science graduate from the University of Waterloo. I work on infrastructure-as-code, storage systems, and distributed platforms that support AI training at scale. My background spans fintech, cloud infrastructure, microservices, and concurrency, with hands-on experience in Python, Go, Java, C++, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure.
Take a look at my resume, and feel free to contact me with questions and opportunities of any nature.
Education
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) | CGPA 3.84/4.0
Courses: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Object-Oriented Programming, Distributed Systems, Concurrency, Databases
Undergraduate Research
Benchmarked serverless frameworks and designed architectural changes for a high-performance serverless platform built on KNative Serving + Istio ingress. Contributed a comprehensive technical report proposing autoscaling, runtime, and networking changes that improved resource utilization by 15%.
- Delivered 200+ requests/second per node by deploying & optimizing Kubernetes clusters with KNative Serving and Istio ingress controls
- Cut cold-start latency 20% through targeted autoscaling and TCP/IP network optimization
Work Experience
Production Engineer | Meta
Sept 2025 - Present
- Accelerated Meta Blob Storage turnup 95% via typed schema automation, unblocking rapid capacity delivery for AI training fleets
- Saved 100+ engineering hours by shipping key-value state layer atop Infrastructure-as-Code definitions, onboarding legacy systems
- Restored cluster capacity in 24 hours by diagnosing cross-stack garbage collection SEV, unblocking environments for 6 downstream services
- Safeguarded 95% SLO across 7 MBS services as primary oncall, protecting AI training pipelines for Meta Superintelligence Labs
Extra-Curriculars
Humans vs. Zombies
UWaterloo Humans vs. Zombies (UWHVZ) is a club that runs week-long campus-wide games of Nerf tag between two teams: the Humans and the Zombies. It is my favorite club, combining good exercise with teamwork and strategy.
As 3x Webmaster of UWHVZ, I have a hand in the development of the club website using Django, Python, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
