Harsh Vijay
Senior Research Software Engineer at Microsoft
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Summary
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Top SchoolHarsh Vijay is a Senior Research Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building and scaling research-driven products from prototypes to real-world deployment, currently leading hybrid experience work at Microsoft Research India. He has led technical teams on impactful projects—automation of driver license testing using computer vision, a blockchain transparency tool for philanthropy, and AI agents that communicate on users’ behalf—earning internal recognition for innovation. Comfortable across the stack, Harsh has shipped front-end-heavy data products and ML pipelines, owned external-facing APIs for enterprise data catalogs, and contributed bug fixes and type-safety improvements to the widely used mitmproxy open-source project. A Python enthusiast with practical security and data-visualization chops, he combines research rigor with product-minded engineering and a track record of mentoring cross-functional teams to deliver societally focused solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science Intensive Mathematics and Computer Science, Data Science Intensive Mathematics and Computer Science at SpringboardBachelor of Technology Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology Computer Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia
English, Hindi
Github Skills (24)
debugging10
apim10
debug10
javascript10
python10
security10
mitmproxy10
api10
webapp10
google-charts10
html10
ssl9
tls129
jquery9
tls139
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
iharsh234/WebApp
Jul 2016 - Oct 2018
WebApp Quandl.com API to tell stock growth history in a given period.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:47 commits, 20 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Harsh primarily focused on developing the front-end for a web application related to stock growth history. They added interactive charts using JavaScript libraries like Google Charts, including features like date selection and API integration. The user also implemented an email sender script and made updates to HTML and CSS, indicating a focus on both UI and potentially basic backend functionality. They also added an autocomplete feature, displaying proficiency in front-end development and data handling.
apiweb-appweb-applicationquandlstock
mitmproxy/mitmproxy
Mar 2017 - May 2017
An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:6 commits, 11 PRs, 23 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Harsh primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements related to flow handling within the mitmproxy project, specifically addressing crashes related to flow duplication. They also contributed to examples, extending existing scripts to provide additional functionality and demonstrating the usage of mitmproxy's features. Furthermore, the user made contributions to mypy checking and related adjustments.
http-headerpythonsslproxyja3
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