Aditya Patwardhan
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Aditya Patwardhan is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years at Microsoft focused on PowerShell, CI/CD, cross-platform testing, and reliability engineering. He architected large-scale test infrastructures that run thousands of tests across Windows, Linux, and macOS, and helped deliver language features like null coalescing and null-assignment while making PowerShell open-source and production-ready on GitHub. His background in WMI, C++, .NET and PowerShell informs a pragmatic approach to systems and tooling, from provider hosting and high-performance protocols to package delivery via PowerShellGet and OCI support. An active open-source contributor, he has improved test coverage and docs build pipelines for flagship repos such as PowerShell and PowerShell-Docs, bringing DevOps and technical writing expertise to ensure quality and reproducible builds. Based in Redmond with an MS in Computer Science from Syracuse, he pairs deep platform knowledge with a knack for automating compliance and cost-efficient service migrations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering at University of PortsmouthMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Syracuse University
Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (22)
azure-devops-server10
pester10
testing10
cicd10
automation10
azure-devops10
code-coverage10
powershell10
automations10
test-automation10
build-automation9
documentation9
pandoc9
debug8
debugging8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
PowerShell/platyPS
Sep 2016 - Jan 2023
Write PowerShell External Help in Markdown
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 releases, 159 reviews, 40 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Aditya primarily contributed to enhancing the testing framework and test coverage within the `powershell/platyps` repository. Their work involved modifying existing tests, adding new tests to validate functionality, and ensuring accurate results by updating expected values. Key contributions include the addition of tests for new features like ZIP archive creation and multi-locale support, as well as correcting existing tests to align with code changes. This work improved the reliability and maintainability of the project.
documentation-generatorpowershellmarkdown
PowerShell/PowerShell
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
PowerShell for every system!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 794 reviews, 821 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Aditya primarily contributed to the PowerShell repository by fixing bugs and adding test coverage. They addressed a stack overflow issue, adding comprehensive test cases for command discovery and requirements, and fixed an issue where the CategoryInfo.Activity of Write-Error did not honor the specified value. They also made improvements to the test and code coverage infrastructure.
windowspowershelllinuxcommand-linemacos
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