Achindra Bhatnagar
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Top SchoolAchindra Bhatnagar is a Principal Software Engineer with 18+ years of experience building security and kernel-level systems, currently leading Defender for Linux Endpoints at Microsoft from Hyderabad. He has a proven track record bootstrapping cross-platform endpoint security features—EDR, DLP, IRM, container and datacenter protection—while running teams, securing funding for experimental hacks, and partnering with sales to win customers. Previously he was a core contributor to VMware AppDefense, delivering hypervisor and Windows kernel drivers and integrating ML-based noise reduction for higher conviction. Comfortable across OS kernels, cloud services, and product strategy, he blends deep low-level engineering with product leadership training. Known for turning prototypes into production, he mentors engineers and routinely ships components spanning drivers to distributed systems. An early contributor to Hindi Linux localization and distributed file-system drivers, he brings a rare combination of language/localization, kernel, and security expertise.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Product Leadership, Product Leadership at Institute of Product LeadershipMaster of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Applications, Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Applications at Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal10+2 Physics Chemistry Mathematics, 10+2 Physics Chemistry Mathematics at Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Bhopal
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Github Skills (23)
cpp8
windows7
cmake7
c-library7
package-manager6
swig6
visual-studio6
linux6
macos5
cross-platform5
setuptools5
json4
serialization4
c-programming4
bond4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
achindra/PlotPing
Jul 2024 - Jul 2024
Plot ping response time to a website in a graph for monitoring.
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
achindra/Simhasth2016
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
volunteer-managementvolunteercloud-managementcloud-serviceiot
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