About

Siva Krishna Ponnada is a highly skilled Software Engineer II at Microsoft with over 9 years of relevant experience in product development. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the prestigious IIT Kanpur and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from JNTU Kakinada. In his current role at Microsoft, Siva is responsible for back-end software development for Bing Search Engine. He is working on adult content filtration, relevance, and leakage reduction, and is responsible for maintaining the database and metrics. He is proficient in C# and SQL and has a strong technical background in Core Java, Object-Oriented Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, and designing highly available and scalable systems using MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL. Prior to joining Microsoft, Siva worked for VMware in Pune as a Member of Technical Staff II. During his tenure, he designed and implemented core modules of NSX using Java and worked on Linux platforms. He gained hands-on experience in object-oriented design and distributed, scalable, and high-available architectures. He was responsible for designing, implementing, and testing the core multi-consumer module called IDAS inside NSX. He also upgraded the entire Spring Framework in the product NSX to fix a critical security bug. Siva's technical skills and experience make him an asset to any team. He is proficient in Java, Spring, SQL, Backend, NoSQL, Search, MySQL, PHP, and Web. He is always on the lookout for challenging work that involves design and coding in day-to-day work. Siva's passion for coding and his ability to design highly available and scalable systems make him an ideal candidate for any software engineering role.