// software engineer
Sonal Gaud
Software Engineer at Accenture, and otelhttp package code owner on the OpenTelemetry-go-contrib core Go team. Outreachy and Google Summer of Code alum — I've spent the last couple of years moving from mentee to reviewer in open source.
Experience
2024 — presentSoftware Engineer
Accenture · Full-time
Member — otelhttp Code Owner
OpenTelemetry · Part-time · Remote
- Code owner for the otelhttp package in opentelemetry-go-contrib, and part of the core Go contributor team
- Review and maintain HTTP instrumentation changes, shaping package design and API surface
- Ensure contributions align with OpenTelemetry specifications and instrumentation conventions
Contributor @ SugarLabs
Google Summer of Code · Part-time · Remote
- Automated release versioning, changelog generation, and contributor-attributed release notes
- Consolidated overlapping CI workflows into a single parallelised pipeline with stale-run cancellation and consistent timeout/permission policies
- Centralised app-specific configuration (branding, titles, splash screens, mode switching) across two apps sharing a codebase
- Added readiness/liveness health endpoints and graceful shutdown handling, validated against 7,000+ automated tests
Software Engineer Intern — ODK-X
Outreachy · Internship · Remote
- Implemented and optimized CI/CD pipelines for ODK-X App Designer, with automated testing workflows
- Built and maintained JUnit and Playwright-based testing frameworks for continuous integration
- Fixed context leaks, Intent routing, and UI responsiveness issues in the Java Android codebase
- Collaborated across time zones on documentation, technical discussions, and code review
Software Development Engineer Intern
LettUs Digest · Internship · Remote
- Developed Android applications end to end against product requirements
- Integrated the application with Firebase for data storage
- Tested and deployed applications to production
Open Source
reviewing & maintainingopen-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib
Part of the core Go contributor team and code owner for the HTTP instrumentation package. Reviewing pull requests day to day, shaping package design, and holding incoming contributions to OpenTelemetry's instrumentation conventions and spec.
View my reviews on GitHub ↗Google Summer of Code
Shipped release automation, a consolidated CI pipeline, and shared config/health-check infrastructure across two apps in the same codebase. See the Experience section above for the full breakdown.
View my GSoC contributions ↗Outreachy internship
Built CI/CD and testing infrastructure (JUnit + Playwright) and fixed stability issues in the Android codebase powering deployments used across thousands of installs globally.
View my Outreachy contributions ↗