Kiran Kulkarni
Software Architect at Okta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKiran Kulkarni is a software architect with 16+ years of experience designing and shipping enterprise-grade, cloud-native services—primarily on Azure—across major platforms at Microsoft and Okta. He combines deep hands-on engineering with architecture and SDK design, translating complex stakeholder requirements into scalable, maintainable systems that delight customers. Kiran’s career spans large enterprise environments and identity/security-focused products, giving him a strong foundation in reliability, performance, and developer experience. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he recently advanced from Principal Software Engineer to Software Architect at Okta, reflecting a shift toward strategic technical leadership. He holds an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and a BE from Savitribai Phule Pune University, and is known for pragmatically balancing long-term architecture with shipping high-quality code. An understated strength is his ability to bridge product, platform, and developer teams to accelerate delivery without sacrificing engineering rigor.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering at University of Florida
Github Skills (54)
javascript10
microsoft10
azure-sdk10
windows10
bots10
azure-functions10
linux10
microsoft-cognitive-services10
dotnet10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
netstandard10
stream10
api10
sdk10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kirankulkarni747/azure-powershell
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Microsoft Azure PowerShell
Contributions:17 pushes, 6 branches in 13 days
microsoft-azure-powershellpowershellmicrosoft-azureazuremicrosoft
kirankulkarni747/azure-sdk-for-net
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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