Hitesh Kanwathirtha
Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolHitesh Kanwathirtha is a Principal Software Development Engineer with a decade of experience designing and shipping large-scale, cloud-native backend and infrastructure services for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure. He combines deep hands-on expertise in .NET, C#, REST APIs and distributed microservices with experience on core runtime technologies—having contributed to the ChakraCore JavaScript engine and its Node.js integration to improve engine control and stability. At Microsoft he has driven architecture, technical leadership and Scrum delivery for Teams messaging, service diagnostics and platform components while mentoring engineers and hiring talent. Comfortable across platform, middleware and big-data adjacent technologies, he pairs pragmatism with a continuous-learning mindset and a track record of re-architecting monoliths into cloud-hosted microservices.
10 years of coding experience
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBE, BE at MM Eng collegeNavayug School
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Github Skills (12)
javascript10
c-language10
nodejs10
chakracore10
cprogramming-language10
jit10
back-end-development10
chakra10
javascript-engine9
compiler-compiler9
compiler9
simd7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
chakra-core/ChakraCore
Jan 2016 - May 2018
ChakraCore is an open source Javascript engine with a C API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:199 commits, 86 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Hitesh's commits primarily focus on modifying and improving the ChakraCore JavaScript engine. Their contributions include adding a compile-time switch to disable the JIT and related features like the backend and SIMD support. They also made changes to various files, including FunctionBody.cpp, that enable the compiler switch. The user seems focused on engine optimization and control over runtime behavior.
javascript-enginechakracoreruntimemicrosoftc-api
nodejs/node-chakracore
Nov 2016 - May 2018
Node.js on ChakraCore :sparkles::turtle::rocket::sparkles:
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 38 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Hitesh primarily contributed to the Node.js on ChakraCore project by addressing cleanup issues and updating the core ChakraCore branch. Their work involved fixing issues related to the ChakraCore xplat and integrating updates from the release/2.0-pre branch. These contributions included modifications to the core runtime libraries and dependencies, indicating a focus on the engine's stability and feature set. The user's commits specifically touch on JsrtHelper, and Intl.js.bc.32b.h files.
v8-javascript-enginechakracorenode-jsjavascriptrocket
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