Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Ales Novak is a Principal Software Development Engineer with over 15 years of deep C/C++ expertise and more than a decade building Windows kernel drivers and security products. He currently leads Remote Desktop networking and protocol redesign efforts for Windows and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft, combining low-level OS internals with cloud service reliability. His background includes architecting HIPS, sandboxing, DLP and anti-malware SDKs and shipping enterprise security solutions as a CTO and Director managing global teams. Skilled in virtualization, Hyper-V remoting and kernel debugging (IA32/x64 assembler), he brings rare hands-on experience across kernel, userspace and cloud layers. Fluent in English and grounded by a master’s in electrical engineering from Czech Technical University, he reliably turns complex, security-sensitive requirements into production products. Colleagues value him for bridging deep technical problem solving with pragmatic architecture and team leadership.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Electrical Engineering, Master's, Electrical Engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague
Contributions:15 commits, 23 pushes, 7 comments in 11 months
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Ales Novak - Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft