Summary
Haard Shah is a Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft with eight years of experience building scalable, customer-focused systems across public and private sectors. He specializes in full-stack development, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), data analytics, NLP, and ML, and currently develops developer tools that strengthen Office 365 security while preserving a world-class developer experience. Past projects include large-scale notification systems for the Canada Revenue Agency and a high-throughput credit card statement validator at Capital One, demonstrating an ability to deliver performant, production-grade pipelines. Haard combines practical engineering with a user-centric mindset, favoring simple, elegant interfaces that scale, and he’s equally comfortable diving into visual analytics or model-driven intelligence to solve hard problems. Based in Old Toronto, he holds a Master of Applied Computer Science from Dalhousie and maintains an open, learning-first approach to adopting new technologies.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Applied Computer Science Computer Science, Master of Applied Computer Science Computer Science at Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
English, Hindi, Gujarati