Bhavya Garikapudi
Software Engineer at Microsoft
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBhavya Garikapudi is a software engineer with about nine years of experience building and supporting production services across cloud environments, currently contributing at Microsoft. She has focused front-end expertise demonstrated through accessibility and UX improvements to Visual Studio Code, including adding roles and focusable attributes to enhance usability in a high-profile open-source editor. Her career spans enterprise telecom and cloud teams, with prior roles at Verizon and a steady progression within Microsoft since 2021. Bhavya pairs a BE from Osmania University with a Master’s in Information Technology from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, reflecting a strong academic foundation in engineering and IT. Colleagues rely on her to translate accessibility and user-experience needs into concrete UI changes that improve developer workflows. She brings a pragmatic, user-centered approach to front-end development while maintaining production reliability in large-scale services.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBachelor of Engineering - BE, Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Osmania University
Github Skills (13)
html10
accessibility10
css10
acessibility10
uid10
typescript10
user-interface10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
accessibilityservice10
typescript-types10
react4
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vscode
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Visual Studio Code
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 342 reviews, 12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Bhavya's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing the user interface of the VS Code editor. Their work includes implementing accessibility features, specifically adding and adjusting accessibility roles and attributes to UI elements like checkboxes and buttons within the "Getting Started" section. The user also focused on refining the user experience by implementing a focusable attribute on certain UI elements and ensuring that the "Go Back" button displays correctly. Overall, the changes reflect a strong focus on improving the usability and accessibility of the VS Code user interface.
visual-studio-codeelectronvscodevscode-extensionmicrosoft
microsoft/vscode-copilot-release
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Feedback on GitHub Copilot Chat UX in Visual Studio Code.
Contributions:6 reviews, 23 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 9 months
aicopilotcopilot-chatcopilot-xvscode
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