About

Kanishk Khandelwal is a highly skilled Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft with over 3 years of relevant experience in competitive programming and software development. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering Technologies from the renowned Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Kanishk is passionate about data structures and algorithms, operating systems, and computer networking. He has a strong background in these fields and has demonstrated his expertise in his various roles. He is a dedicated and detail-oriented professional who is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge. In his current role at Microsoft, Kanishk is responsible for developing microservices using Kubernetes and deploying them on the cloud. He has a deep understanding of Redis, NoSQL databases like MongoDB and Cassandra, and backend web development. He has also worked on AI and test automation using Docker, Javascript, MySQL, Redux, Flask, NodeJS, Python, and ReactJS. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kanishk worked as a Software Development Intern at Bert Labs, where he developed a backend microservice using the Publisher-Subscriber model for processing, distributing, and storing data received from various IoT devices. He also worked on making significant design changes in microservice architecture. At Samsung, he added support for 16-bit SN (Sequence Number) for Selective Repeat AQR buffer windows in the RLC layer of the 4G LTE. He analyzed the memory requirement and devised the dynamic memory allocation to get past the high memory need for buffers using C. He successfully built and tested the code changes for scenarios like segmentation and concatenation of data packets in SATP. Kanishk is a strong military and protective services professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. He is a quick learner and has a positive attitude towards work. He is always willing to take on new challenges and is committed to delivering high-quality work.