Nirvana Tikku
Principal Software Architect at Microsoft
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNirvana Tikku is a Principal Software Architect with 16 years of experience building and leading large-scale software and platform initiatives, currently shaping architecture at Microsoft in New York. She progressed through technical and product leadership roles at Nuance—rising from senior engineer to Nuance Fellow and director—demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on engineering, product management, and strategic innovation in conversational AI and platform services. Known for a "Just Build It" ethos and a confidence-first mindset reflected in her GitHub tagline, she excels at turning ambiguous problems into production systems that scale. Her background in electrical engineering and early international internships inform a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach and comfort operating across global teams and complex technical domains.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
GCE Chemistry Physics Mathematics (Economics Further Mathematics), GCE Chemistry Physics Mathematics (Economics Further Mathematics) at Hong Kong Island SchoolB.Sc. Electrical Engineering, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering at Tufts University
English, Hindi, Chinese
Stackoverflow
4,185reputation
320kreached
75answers
5questions
inheritance
top-1%
javascript
top-5%
jquery
top-5%
Github Skills (49)
javascript10
jquery10
css10
cdn10
bots10
dialog10
youtube10
inheritance10
youtube-player10
ivr10
player10
natural-language-understanding9
text-to-speech9
tradingview9
azure-functions9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NuanceDev/ndev-python-http-cli
Jun 2013 - Mar 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 9 months
http-clipython-httppythoncli
nirvanatikku/jQuery-Radmenu-Plugin
Jun 2010 - Jan 2013
Contributions:16 commits in 2 years 7 months
radialjquerymenupie-menujavascript
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