Harshit Gupta
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolHarshit Gupta is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with 11 years of experience building OS and platform services for edge and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) scenarios, currently focused on the Mariner Hyper Converged Infrastructure team for Azure-for-Operators. He holds a PhD from Georgia Tech where his dissertation explored mechanisms for latency-sensitive situation-awareness applications across geo-distributed edge infrastructure, bridging deep research with production systems. At Microsoft he has driven hardening of Kubernetes-based virtualization stacks and built end-to-end testing infrastructure using LISA and Azure DevOps to ensure robust, performant operator-grade deployments. His background includes research internships at AT&T Labs and a visiting researcher role in Melbourne, where he developed power- and network-aware placement and scaling policies for edge/NFV systems. Based in Somerville, MA, Harshit combines systems-level rigor with practical automation, and brings a rare mix of academic depth and hands-on experience in edge computing, IoT, and network function virtualization. An engineer comfortable across research, platform engineering, and test automation, he focuses on turning latency and resource constraints into reliable, production-grade solutions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyIndian Certificate of Secondary Education, Computer Applications, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, Computer Applications at De-Nobili School, Digwadih, DhanbadAll India Senior School Certificate Examination, Computer Science, All India Senior School Certificate Examination, Computer Science at Delhi Public School - Bokaro Steel CityBTech + MTech Dual Degree course, Computer Science and Engineering, BTech + MTech Dual Degree course, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Github Skills (49)
libvirt10
kubernetes10
cdr10
linux10
iaas10
api10
vms10
virtualization10
azure10
simulation9
resource-management9
internet9
ovirt9
modeling9
fog8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
harshitgupta1337/fogsim
Mar 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 82 commits, 71 pushes in 2 years 8 months
techniquesfog-computingfogmodeling-and-simulationsimulation
harshitgupta1337/kubevirt
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.
Contributions:4 PRs, 75 pushes, 29 branches in 1 year 11 months
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