Arjun Balgovind
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolArjun Balgovind is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building and refining Windows system utilities at Microsoft, now based in Redmond. He has progressed through multiple engineering levels at Microsoft since 2019, shipping back-end improvements and architectural refactors that improve maintainability and performance. His open-source contributions to the high-profile microsoft/PowerToys project focus on reorganizing modules (notably PowerRename) and integrating ImageResizer, reflecting a knack for pragmatic refactors that enable new features. Trained at IIT Madras in Computer Science, he combines strong engineering fundamentals with hands-on product impact at scale. Colleagues would describe him as an engineer who favors clean, reusable helpers and thoughtful migrations over ad-hoc fixes. Outside of code, his early cross-functional event coordination hints at an ability to align technical work with user-facing priorities.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasKendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
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Github Skills (20)
filesystem10
c-language10
wp-api10
winapi10
file-operations10
refactor10
fileio10
refactoring10
ws-api10
cprogramming-language10
apidoc9
api9
multiprocessing6
ip6
linux6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/PowerToys
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:104 reviews, 168 commits, 354 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Arjun's commits primarily focus on refactoring and migrating code within the `microsoft/powertoys` repository, specifically the PowerRename module. Their work involved shifting functions to common modules, including changes to file formats, the introduction of new helper functions, and integrating the ImageResizer module into the main project. These changes indicate a focus on improving the organization, performance, and feature set of the PowerToys utilities.
powertoyswindowsdesktopfancyzonesmicrosoft-powertoys
arjunbalgovind/PowerToys
Dec 2019 - Oct 2020
Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
Contributions:38 PRs, 516 pushes, 220 branches in 10 months
windowsproductivitymaximizewindows-10windows10
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