About

Gaurav Kumar is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, specializing in Azure ARM. With over 9 years of relevant experience, he is adept at designing and developing scalable web services that can handle billions of requests per second. Gaurav's past experiences at Microsoft include working in the Windows 11 Share team, where he was responsible for architecting and delivering new features for Windows 11 and other future releases. He has also worked on feature development for Surface Hub OS and delivered Teams Electron on Surface Hub, working on both the app side and platform. As an active member of the Windows Engineering Excellence team, Gaurav is responsible for spreading awareness and pushing the needle on high-quality software engineering aspects such as design and architecture, code quality, testing and automation, accessibility, and developer productivity. Gaurav's technical skills include C++/CX, C++/WinRT, Xaml, Data Structures and Algorithms, and System Design. He is also proficient in various technologies such as Azure, Web, test, C, Spark, Big Data, Hadoop, SQL, Kafka, Jenkins, Python, MySQL, Apache Hive, dotNET, Mobile, and Java. Gaurav holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and completed his schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro, and MGM Higher Secondary. Overall, Gaurav is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer who has made significant contributions to Microsoft's development efforts.