Muhammad Waqar
Staff Software Engineer II at Confluent
Canada
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Top SchoolMuhammad Waqar is a staff software engineer with a decade of experience specializing in distributed systems, cloud networking, and large-scale infrastructure. He has progressed through senior engineering roles at Microsoft into staff-level leadership at Confluent, delivering production voice and cloud services and building automated test-in-production platforms. His open-source contributions include improving Azure SDKs and Azure PowerShell with private DNS functionality and end-to-end tests, reflecting deep expertise in cloud networking APIs and developer tooling. Based in Canada and holding an MS in Computer Science from the University of Alberta, he blends hands-on backend development with systems-level design and a track record of shipping reliable, testable services at scale. An uncommon strength is his history of bridging product needs and production observability—turning operational monitoring into engineering features.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at University of AlbertaBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi, PakistanSSC Computer Science, SSC Computer Science at Pakistan International School, Al-Jubail, Saudi ArabiaHSSC Pre-Engineering, HSSC Pre-Engineering at Adamjee Government Science College, Karachi, Pakistan
English, Urdu
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Github Skills (21)
azure-sdk10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
microsoft-azure10
azure-powershell10
arm10
powershell10
azure10
azure-dns10
csharp10
apidoc9
virtual-network9
dotnet-core9
api9
testing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 19 commits, 3 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Muhammad primarily worked on generating and modifying SDK code for the Azure DNS management library. Their commits focused on code generation based on specific API versions, including changes to the `RecordSetsOperations.cs` file. They also made updates to the project files and scenario tests, specifically for private DNS features, demonstrating their involvement in the development and testing of the DNS SDK.
dotnetversionedazure-functionssdkconsumers
Azure/azure-powershell
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Microsoft Azure PowerShell
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 36 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
Contributions summary:Muhammad's primary contribution focused on enhancing the Azure PowerShell module by adding support for private DNS zones. They modified the `DnsClient.cs` file to include functionalities for creating, updating, and deleting private zones, which involved adding parameters like `ZoneType`, `RegistrationVirtualNetworks`, and `ResolutionVirtualNetworks`. They also added new tests to confirm the correct operation of these changes, covering the full CRUD cycle for both public and private zones, and by using virtual network Ids and objects.
microsoft-azure-powershellpowershellmicrosoft-azuremicrosoftazure
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