Kajol Jain
Senior SDE II - Azure Linux Developer at Microsoft
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Top SchoolKajol Jain is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in Linux kernel development and cloud infrastructure, currently working as a Senior SDE II on Azure Linux at Microsoft after a multi-year kernel engineering tenure at IBM. She holds an M.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Karnataka (gold medalist) and has a proven track record contributing to open source Linux projects under her IBM identity. Her background includes extending gem5 for PowerPC with multithreading and exception handling—work presented at the OpenPower summit—and internships that span image compression, disaster-recovery tooling, and systems research. Kajol blends deep systems knowledge with practical cloud-focused engineering, shipping kernel-level features that bridge simulator, virtualization, and production Linux on Azure. Notably, she maintains an active open-source presence (kjain@linux.ibm.com), reflecting a commitment to community-driven, reproducible systems work.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
10+2 PCM + CS, 10+2 PCM + CS at MRM Girls Senior Sec SchoolUniversity of DelhiMaster of Technology - MTech Computer Science, Master of Technology - MTech Computer Science at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Hindi, English
Github Skills (5)
simulation3
synchronized3
upstream3
gem53
simulator3
Github contributions (5)
kajoljain379/Image_Compression
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
ShikhaBakshi/Implementation-of-RARED-in-Linux-Kernel
Sep 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
kernellinux-kernellinux
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