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914 people in our graph share verified history with Shikhar β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedShikhar: together at Facebook (2018)
Γ3Shikhar: together at Confluent
Γ3Shikhar: together at Etsy
Γ5Shikhar: together at Y Combinator
About
Shikhar Bhushan has worked on retrieval systems at Etsy, key-value storage at Facebook, and Kafka Connect at Confluent.
Co-founder and CEO at s2.devYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Shikhar went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran s2.dev's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Shikhar can intro founders to s2.dev's investors below.
s2.dev's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at s2.dev
Experience
- s2.devCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- EtsySenior Staff Software Engineer2021 β 2023
- EtsyStaff Software Engineer2019 β 2021
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2017 β 2018Menlo Park, California
- ConfluentSoftware Engineer2016 β 2017Palo Alto, California
- Heap Inc.Software Engineer2016
- Etsy, IncSenior Software Engineer2012 β 2015
- BloombergSoftware Engineer2010 β 2012London, United Kingdom
- conject AGSoftware Engineer2010Munich, Germany
- The Apache Software FoundationGoogle Summer of Code student2009
Skills & more
Flink5Elasticsearch1Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Rust3Python14Java7C++2SQL1JavaScript2ScalaKafka6Lucene4
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SolrInformation RetrievalApache KafkaKubernetesDistributed SystemsLanguages English Β· Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shikhar Bhushan?
- Shikhar Bhushan has worked on retrieval systems at Etsy, key-value storage at Facebook, and Kafka Connect at Confluent.
- Where does Shikhar Bhushan work?
- Shikhar Bhushan is Co-founder and CEO of s2.dev.
- What companies did Shikhar Bhushan found?
- Shikhar Bhushan founded s2.dev.
- Where did Shikhar Bhushan go to school?
- Shikhar Bhushan studied at Y Combinator (F25, Making); Constructor University (B.Sc., Computer Science); Symbiosis Law School, Pune (B.A., LL.B.).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Confluent mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raquel BuendiaExecutive Assistant to the VP, Business DevelopmentFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaGeneral ManagerFounded Omnistrate +1Enes AkarEngineering LeaderFounded Hazelcast +1Aaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataAlok NikhilStaff Software EngineerFounded OmnistrateChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded Suger
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Confluent mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raquel BuendiaExecutive AssistantFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaGeneral ManagerFounded Omnistrate +1Enes AkarEngineering LeaderFounded Hazelcast +1Aaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataAlok NikhilStaff Software EngineerFounded OmnistrateChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded Suger
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Symbiosis Law School, Pune3
Shared employers
Also worked at Etsy49
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureCameron McGinnInvestor at GreycroftSimon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesAlbert WengerUnion Square Ventures partner, technology investor, and author of The World After CapitalRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also worked at Facebook773
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashStanley TangCo-founder of DoorDash
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Also worked at Heap Inc.10
Isabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at HeavybitDan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesJinlin WangPartner at Foothill VenturesTyler PetersonPartner, Technology at Triangle Peak PartnersAlexander KatzManaging Director at Sixth StreetSteven FitzsimmonsFounder at Freshpaint
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Also worked at Bloomberg267
Reed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJustin FergusonInnovation Manager, Venture Development at Maryland TEDCOIman El HassanChief of Staff at GaingelsAllison PavlickInvestor Relations Principal at S32
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