01 / Professional experience

Engineering experience.

I am a Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft, working on C++ services, Linux networking, storage, and AI infrastructure. I like tracing a performance or reliability problem across the boundaries between an application, the operating system, and the network.

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Feb 2026 - Present / Microsoft

Software Engineer 2

AI infrastructure

Working on AI infrastructure with a focus on C++ services, Linux runtime behavior, networking, and observability.

C++LinuxAI infrastructureObservability
Dec 2025 - Feb 2026 / Microsoft

Software Engineer 2

Azure Blob Storage

Worked on storage service architecture, fault isolation, and reliability for long-lived NFS connections.

Distributed storageService architectureNFS
Jul 2023 - Nov 2025 / Microsoft

Software Engineer

Azure Blob Storage

Worked on Linux NFS connectivity, encrypted transport, cross-distribution packaging, and diagnosing storage performance and reliability.

Linux networkingNFSTLSPerformance
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 / Microsoft

Software Engineer Intern

Azure Blob Storage

Investigated storage namespace performance and NFS client interoperability, supported by comparative testing.

StorageTestingInteroperability
The toolkit

Languages, systems, and tools

Languages

C++PythonGoC#BashTypeScript

Systems

Distributed systemsLinuxTCP/IPgRPCNFSNUMA

Infrastructure

AzureDockerCI/CDOpenTelemetryGrafana

Exploration

KV cacheGPU inferenceStorage internalsPerformance analysis
Education

Punjab Engineering College

B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
2019 - 2023 / Chandigarh, India

Institute Honor, 2023

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