Rishu Mehndiratta is a Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft based in Bellevue, Washington, with over a decade of software engineering and leadership experience and six years in senior managerial roles. He has progressed through technical and management ranks at Microsoft—from Software Development Engineer to Principal—driving engineering teams that build and integrate platform SDKs and developer-facing experiences. His open-source contributions include meaningful work on Microsoft’s high-profile PowerApps-Samples repository, demonstrating deep familiarity with Power Apps Authoring and Player SDKs and practical skills in schema, data, and host function integrations. Rishu combines hands-on full-stack development expertise with a track record of shipping scalable product samples that help onboard and empower other developers. Educated with an MS in Information Technology, he blends rigorous technical foundations with pragmatic leadership in large-product engineering environments. Colleagues would describe him as a technical manager who still codes strategically and focuses on developer ecosystems and platform usability.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Information Technology, Master of Science (MS), Information Technology at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS)(Hons), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS)(Hons), Information Technology at Kurukshetra University
Sample code for Power Apps, including Dataverse, model-driven apps, canvas apps, Power Apps component framework, portals, and AI Builder.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 days
Contributions summary:Rishu contributed to Power Apps SDK samples, focusing on integrating and demonstrating the capabilities of the Authoring and Player SDKs. The commits involve creating, editing, and playing Power Apps applications with the use of these SDKs. The user also implemented methods for setting schemas, data, and host function definitions. The user's work highlights a strong understanding of Power Apps' architecture.
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Rishu Mehndiratta - Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft