Nalini Nara
Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNalini Nara is an experienced engineering manager based in Bellevue, Washington, with over 15 years of delivering large-scale SaaS and cloud data platforms at Microsoft, now leading teams that build unified security lakes and AI-powered data governance. She blends hands-on engineering (notably improving OAuth/MSI token handling in the Azure Storage FUSE project) with roadmap-level vision, driving clarity and execution on ambiguous problems across security, governance, and data integration. Her background spans orchestration and connector design for Azure Data Factory, supply-chain systems, and cross-continental project leadership, giving her a rare mix of backend depth and product-oriented leadership. Known for turning complex compliance and analytics needs into operational platforms, she focuses on enabling advanced analytics and post-breach capabilities through scalable ingestion and federation.
6 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Github Skills (9)
authentication10
user-authentication10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
oauth10
fuse9
testing9
azure-blob-storage9
json8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-storage-fuse
Apr 2020 - Jul 2021
A virtual file system adapter for Azure Blob storage
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 115 reviews, 114 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Nalini primarily focused on improving the authentication process within the Azure Blob storage FUSE adapter. Their commits involved modifications to the OAuthTokenCredentialManager, specifically addressing issues related to MSI authentication and token expiration. Key changes included handling tokens without an `expires_in` property, refining token refresh mechanisms, and adding logging for debugging. Furthermore, the user added comprehensive unit tests for OAuth token formats, expiration, and functionality.
azure-blobblob-storageblobazure-blob-storagevirtual-file-system
NaraVen/azure-docs
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:3 pushes in 7 months
azuremicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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