Rohan Palaniappan
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRohan Palaniappan is a software engineer at Microsoft in the Azure E+P org, focused on enabling edge control planes through containerized agent services and distributed microservice design. With an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech (4.0 GPA) and eight years of industry experience, he blends production engineering skills in Go, Docker, SQL and Java with research-backed expertise in blockchain technologies like Ethereum, Solidity and Hyperledger Fabric. He has hands-on experience onboarding Azure cloud services to on-prem edge platforms from his Microsoft internship and contributes to prominent Windows App SDK repositories, helping modernize samples and integrate telemetry for MRT Core. Rohan’s background spans fintech and consulting roles, and he showcased practical blockchain solutions at the Smart India Hackathon; he brings a systems-thinking approach that bridges research prototypes and production-grade distributed systems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBE - Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 9.61/10, BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 9.61/10 at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai
English
Github Skills (21)
nuget10
c-language10
android-sample10
windows10
net10
dotnet10
winui10
netframework10
asp-net10
windows-app-sdk10
sample-data10
dotnet-core10
cpp10
csharp10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Feature samples for the Windows App SDK
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:95 reviews, 44 commits, 31 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Rohan primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of sample applications within the Windows App SDK ecosystem. Their work involved upgrading existing samples to utilize newer versions of the Project Reunion NuGet packages, reflecting a focus on keeping the samples current with SDK updates. The user also added new samples, such as a packaged WPF app, and made adjustments to build configurations and framework versions across multiple sample projects, indicating a broad understanding of the SDK and its supporting technologies. Moreover, they addressed comments and fixed build-related issues and performed package and version updates throughout the sample applications.
window-11cppapp-sdkwindowswindowsappsdk
microsoft/WindowsAppSDK
Sep 2020 - Apr 2022
The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
Role in this project:Back-end & Automation Engineer
Back-end & Automation EngineerContributions:180 reviews, 37 commits, 87 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Rohan primarily focused on integrating MRT Core with Windows App SDK Insights, including telemetry and logging. They modified code to add logging statements and integrate with tracing providers. Additionally, the user updated NuGet package versions and prepared MRTCore binaries for scanning tools, indicating a focus on build processes and dependencies. Furthermore, they modified VSIX template files to include the Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools package.
desktop-appswindows-10windows-11windows-app-sdkwindows-app
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