Gaurav Kulkarni
Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGaurav Kulkarni is a Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft with over six years of experience building high-performance distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database features for Azure. He specializes in C++ and C# work on cloud data warehouse columnstore storage and replication, memory isolation and resource governance, and networking features in Azure’s Fabric Controller. His background spans embedded firmware and real-time controllers, high-performance computational biology tools, and practical DevOps work on the popular Azure/iotedge project where he improved build/release pipelines and device image management. Known for squeezing efficiency from systems—whether reducing message volumes in firmware or optimizing analytics query execution—he blends rigorous algorithmic thinking with production-grade engineering. Based in Seattle, he brings a rare mix of low-level systems, distributed architecture, and operational experience that accelerates large-scale cloud services.
4 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityMasters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at Washington State University
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (14)
iot10
bash10
docker10
dockers10
build-automation10
cicd10
azure-iot-edge10
embedded9
debian9
sys9
release-management9
rust8
kubernetes-pods7
kubernetes7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/iotedge
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
The IoT Edge OSS project
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 141 reviews, 26 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Gaurav primarily focuses on build and release pipelines, making modifications to the build process for different Debian versions and architectures. They are responsible for removing deprecated Debian versions and adjusting build scripts. Additionally, the user contributes to image garbage collection, improving the device's resource management. They also address issues related to image creation and validation within the context of the IoT Edge platform.
edge-computingossmqttedgeopc
gauravIoTEdge/iot-identity-service
Oct 2021 - Oct 2024
Source of the Azure IoT Identity Service and related services.
Contributions:28 pushes, 15 branches in 3 years 1 month
azure-iotidentity-serviceidentityazureiot
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