About

Umer Haris Shaikh is a seasoned professional with over 9 years of hands-on development experience across multiple domains, including printers, audio, telecom, and embedded systems. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at EFI, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining Windows device drivers using KMDF, WDM, PCI, C, C++ (Win32 API). He is also proficient in application mode programming and debugging using C and C++. Umer is well-versed in data structures and algorithms and has extensive experience in debugging and problem-solving of windows programs in kernel space, remote debugging, and crash dump analysis. He is also experienced in executing the WHCK (Windows Hardware certification kit) Compliance test suite from Microsoft and has a fair understanding of design patterns. In his current role at EFI, Umer is working on the OEM layer (C++) that maps to the PCI driver (WDM Windows Driver - PCI) and is responsible for interfacing the application stack with the PCI driver. His day-to-day work involves feature additions, code fixes, analyzing logs, analyzing crash dumps, and module-level design changes. He has also worked in the video layer, which used to do the printer constraints management as well as the data/job flow path that used to submit print data to the printer. Prior to joining EFI, Umer worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Persistent Systems, where he worked on Python automation scripts for the Pre-Silicon Validation Team. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at Sasken, where he worked on feature development and bug fixing in Intel audio driver for Windows 8.1/Windows 10 tablets. He has a good understanding of debugging and problem-solving of windows programs in kernel space, remote debugging, crash dump analysis, and debugging tools (WinDbg, DbgView, DriverVerifier, WDF Verifier). He also has experience in running WHQL certification tests. Umer holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from GIT, VTU - Belgaum. He has a relevant experience of 12.61 years and possesses a strong tech stack that includes Software Engineering, testing, and Python.