About

Hardik Kandpal is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. He is an evolving software professional with a passion for logic and creativity. Hardik is a disciplined and time-driven individual who takes pride in his work. He is an influential communicator and an amiable co-worker who is always looking to improve his skills. Aside from his work in software engineering, Hardik is an avid reader, adventure seeker, and nature lover. He is a self-critical individual with an ever-burning desire for learning and improvement. Hardik's current role at Microsoft is at the Search Technology Center India, where he works on Email Inference. Hardik has previously worked at Samsung as a Software Engineer, where he consistently contributed mobile apps to Tizen Store to bolster the app store and propel Tizen to the status of being one of the established and most popular operating systems for smartphones. He also worked as part of the Settings team for Tizen, providing an extremely user-friendly experience when dealing with phone settings on subsequent Tizen phones. Hardik has also worked as a Summer Research Intern at Tata, where he familiarized himself with Map Reduce paradigm and multicore processing using Tilera. Hardik has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna. He also attended Koormanchal Academy. Hardik's technical skills include Software Engineering, C, Mobile, Search, Research Scientist, AI, test, ML, iOS, ui, and Android.