Summary
Dippy Aggarwal is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of experience specializing in database performance engineering and system optimization, currently working at Microsoft after a long tenure at Intel. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati and blends deep academic rigor with practical production experience across databases, containerization, and distributed systems. His background includes hands-on work profiling and tuning analytic databases like Amazon Redshift, building Dockerized pipelines and exploring orchestration platforms, and contributing to internal search and data platforms. Dippy has taught a wide range of CS courses— from database theory to AI—reflecting strong communication skills and an ability to mentor engineers. Based in Redmond, he brings both research-driven problem solving and enterprise-scale delivery experience, often surfacing non-obvious performance gains through careful instrumentation and query optimization.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Cincinnati
MCA Computer Science, MCA Computer Science at Panjab University
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at West Chester University of Pennsylvania