Deepa Somani
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolDeepa Somani is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building low-level, security-focused systems in C/C++ across networking, endpoint protection, and embedded domains. Currently contributing to Microsoft’s Endpoint Data Loss Prevention, she previously delivered high-impact features at Cisco AMP for Endpoints—such as URL scanning and endpoint isolation—that improved product security posture and market competitiveness. Her background includes designing BGP and Layer-3 IP applications at HPE and open-source contributions to OpenSwitch IP apps (DHCPv4 relay, ping), reflecting strong systems, networking, and OS fundamentals. Deepa combines rigorous algorithmic problem-solving and object-oriented design with practical exposure to Docker, Git, and agile delivery, and she has a track record of building tooling and integrations that simplify QA/support workflows. Notably, she pairs deep protocol-level expertise with an ability to translate designs into production-ready, documented features used in enterprise environments.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, 9.18/10 CGPA, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, 9.18/10 CGPA at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg., MYSORE
English, Marwadi, KannadaGithub contributions (2)
libreswitch/cli
Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:9 commits in 3 months
OpenSwitchNOS/openswitch-ops-build
Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:16 commits in 5 months
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