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· 4
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
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Confluent mafia10
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Raquel BuendiaExecutive AssistantFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaGeneral ManagerFounded Omnistrate +1Nnamdi IregbulemProduct ManagerFounded GitLabAaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataAlok NikhilStaff Software EngineerFounded OmnistrateChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded Suger
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Confluent mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raquel BuendiaExecutive Assistant to the CMO & Executive Support Team LeadFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaSenior DirectorFounded Omnistrate +1Aaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataAlok NikhilStaff Software EngineerFounded OmnistrateChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded SugerSriman GaddamSoftware EngineerFounded Sennu AI
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Also attended Symbiosis Law School, Pune2
Shared employers
Also worked at Etsy32
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesMike 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 Capital
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Also worked at Facebook535
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash
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