Delhi, India

Ishaan Mittal

Software Engineer @ fal.ai

I build the infrastructure that keeps AI fast and cheap.

Infrastructure & platform engineer. I keep large systems observable, secure, and cheap to run, from Go services and cost pipelines at Kubecost to Python and GPU orchestration at fal.ai. I maintain the OpenCost Helm chart in the CNCF.

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now
currentApr 2026 - Present

Software Engineer @ fal.ai↗

On the infrastructure team, keeping fal's multi-cloud GPU fleet fast, reliable, and observable behind generative-media inference.

  • ▸Provision and maintain a GPU fleet spanning multiple hyperscalers and cloud providers.
  • ▸Make the serverless GPU inference platform more resilient by separating request and response caching, and adding a Redis fallback that keeps it serving through database outages.
  • ▸Tune distributed storage across the fleet with JuiceFS optimizations and cross-region object-store mirroring.
PythonGPUsKubernetesNomad
previously
  1. Sep 2024 - Mar 2026

    Kubecost (an IBM company), Software Engineer

    • ▸Built the end-to-end data pipeline for Diagnostics 3.0: federated storage, ClickHouse ingestion, and API exposure.
    • ▸Architected GitOps SaaS infra with ArgoCD (AWS WAF + Global Accelerator); automated Keycloak provisioning via Terraform.
    • ▸Led a security initiative that resolved 25+ CVEs and shipped the Kubecost 3.0 release with a one-click, data-loss-free upgrade path.
    • ▸Owned enterprise auth across Okta / Entra ID / Keycloak (OIDC & SAML) with 6 nightly test environments; unblocked a $5M opportunity.
    GoKubernetesArgoCDTerraformClickHouseAWS
  2. Jan 2025 - Present

    OpenCost, Helm Chart Maintainer · open source

    • ▸Maintain the official Helm chart, reviewing community PRs and driving compatibility.
    • ▸Led the OpenShift integration: fixed kube-state-metrics bugs, enabled in-cluster Prometheus, and reworked the NGINX deploy for OpenShift's security constraints.
    HelmCNCFOpenShiftOSS
  3. Feb 2024 - Sep 2024

    TrueFoundry, Backend Intern

    • ▸Built the autopilot feature that recommends and auto-applies optimized resources for deployed workloads.
    • ▸Shipped `tfy apply` for managing workloads via GitHub CI or CLI, and designed virtual accounts for dynamic API-key permissions.
    TypeScriptNestJSGoKubernetes
projects
Central Dining Website↗live

Django platform that automates IIT Indore's dining system end to end: rebate rules, billing, admin allocation, and email. Live for 3,000+ students at ~90% weekly engagement; Docker + Nginx + Gunicorn.

Python
TruConnect (UPEC)↗

Standalone application extending the Trumio platform, built for the Inter IIT Tech Meet.

PythonInter IIT Tech Meet

more on github ↗

writing

Notes on infrastructure, Kubernetes, and cost engineering. First posts landing soon.

In the meantime, my work lives on github ↗

stack

# infra

KubernetesHelmArgoCDTerraformDockerPrometheus

# languages

GoTypeScriptJavaScriptC++Python

# web

Next.jsReactNode.jsDjangoFastAPINestJS

# cloud & data

AWSOpenShiftLinuxPostgreSQLClickHouse
apart from work
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drums
Learning to play; picked it up recently and slowly finding the groove.
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food
A committed foodie, always up for tracking down the next good meal.
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shows
Perpetually between series, so send me something worth watching.