Niraj Khanchandani is a seasoned engineering leader with over a decade at Microsoft, currently serving as Partner Group Engineering Manager for Microsoft Teams and previously driving multi-year releases as a Principal Group Engineering Manager. He excels at shipping complex, scalable features that run across on-premise and cloud back-ends, partnering closely with program managers, developers, and testers to align quality with business outcomes. A Certified Scrum Master, Niraj has a track record of taking projects from ideation to broad adoption while proactively identifying inefficiencies and implementing creative solutions. His background as an individual contributor on Skype for Business and as an early Lync intern—where he built APIs and shipped sample integrations—gives him hands-on product empathy that informs his leadership. Based in Redmond and grounded in a CS degree from Carnegie Mellon, he blends deep technical experience with strong program-level delivery skills.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
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Niraj Khanchandani - Partner Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft