Neha Agarwal
Software Engineer at Compass
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeha Agarwal is a software engineer with six years of experience building secure, production-grade systems across major cloud and enterprise environments. She has held engineering roles at Microsoft and now Compass, bringing hands-on expertise in back-end development and vulnerability remediation—her open-source contributions include security patches to Microsoft’s widely used azurelinux project addressing QEMU-KVM CVEs. With a Master’s in Computer Engineering from UT Austin and a foundation in computer science from BITS Pilani, she blends strong academic training with practical experience at companies from Amazon to startups. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who focuses on security and reliability while moving fast across large codebases.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceMaster's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
English, Hindi
Github Skills (4)
patch10
linux9
c118
c178
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azurelinux
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:580 reviews, 127 commits, 531 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Neha primarily contributed to the `microsoft/azurelinux` repository by implementing patches to fix security vulnerabilities in QEMU-KVM. Their work involved adding patches to address specific CVEs, modifying existing code, and updating associated configuration files. The user's contributions focused on improving system security and maintaining the integrity of the Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances, as the repository description specifies.
cdrappliancesvmslinux-oslinux
neha170/CBL-Mariner
Mar 2021 - Aug 2023
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Contributions:136 pushes, 181 branches in 2 years 5 months
vmsapplianceslinux-oslinuxedge
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