Himanshu Yadav
Senior Member Of Technical Staff at The D. E. Shaw Group
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Summary
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Top SchoolHimanshu Yadav is a Senior Member of Technical Staff with 9 years of experience building scalable Android and backend systems, currently working on trading connectivity after a multi-year stint improving M365 Copilot and Office Android applications at Microsoft. He blends strong competitive-programming pedigree (Codeforces Specialist, CodeChef 5-star, ICPC/KickStart/CodeJam ranks) with hands-on expertise in Java, C++, C#, Python, REST APIs, SQL, app packaging, crash management and profiling. His open-source contributions include developing and hardening Azure Pipelines tasks and full-stack extensions for Microsoft’s Azure CI tooling, reflecting a knack for both developer tooling and UX-focused extension work. Known for optimizing performance (e.g., Office Lens filter pipeline improvements during his internship) and improving build/test automation, he thrives in high-pressure, complex environments. Based in Hyderabad, Himanshu combines system-level engineering with competitive problem-solving to deliver reliable, production-grade features and developer experiences.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, RoparPCM-94.2%, PCM-94.2% at Doon International School,Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh
Github Skills (15)
azure-pipelines10
typescript10
javascript10
bash10
typescripts10
typescript-types10
azure-cli10
testing10
gulp9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
powershell9
uid9
build-automation8
cicd8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks
Aug 2016 - Mar 2020
Tasks for Azure Pipelines
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:381 commits, 258 PRs, 357 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Himanshu appears to have primarily focused on developing and maintaining the Azure CLI task within the Azure Pipelines Tasks repository. Their contributions include the addition of the azurecli task, the creation of L0 tests to validate the functionality, ensuring proper handling of various authentication methods, and the implementation of inline and batch script support. The user's work also involved improvements to the task, such as handling for the different error types, and updating the authentication to pick service url from endpoint.
azure-pipelineswindowsazurepipelinesazure-devops
microsoft/azure-pipelines-extensions
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Collection of all RM and deployment extensions
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:35 commits, 18 PRs, 29 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Himanshu focused on enhancing the functionality of the `azure-pipelines-extensions` repository by adding and modifying the InputEditor extension. This included implementing new features for displaying key-value grids, adding the VSS SDK and supporting escape characters. Additionally, the user made changes to the gulpfile to correctly build, package, and test the extensions and also made changes to the test structure. The user's contributions spanned UI/UX development, build processes, and testing.
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