Varad Meru
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolVarad Meru is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 13 years of experience building distributed, scalable cloud systems and data products. He leads teams focused on Azure Functions for Python, performance benchmarking platforms, and developer experience improvements that make serverless apps more reliable and performant. Varad combines hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—evident in contributions to core Azure projects like azure-functions-core-tools, azure-linux-extensions, and the Functions host—with a strong background in big data, recommender systems, and machine learning. He champions Python in serverless environments, having driven Python 3 support and tooling improvements that streamline the getting-started experience for developers. Based in Austin and holding an MS from UC Irvine, he balances technical leadership with operational rigor, running infrastructure to quantify throughput and drive measurable platform improvements. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic automation and idempotent infrastructure changes that reduce toil and increase platform reliability.
13 years of coding experience
University of California, IrvineKendriya Vidyalaya SangathanHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Air Force School (TAFS), Subroto ParkB. Engg., B. Engg. at Shivaji University
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Github Skills (47)
unit-testing10
system-configuration10
python10
azure-sdk10
net10
command-line-interface10
azure-functions10
linux10
bash10
dotnet10
microsoft-azure10
dsc10
cicd10
asp-net10
automation10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/WALinuxAgent
Aug 2018 - Apr 2020
Microsoft Azure Linux Guest Agent
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 releases, 125 commits, 182 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Varad contributed to the Microsoft Azure Linux Guest Agent, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes. Their work included updating the OS information listing, adding unit tests for new features, and ensuring backwards compatibility. They also addressed security concerns by redacting sensitive information in logs and fixed permissions for log directories.
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Azure/azure-linux-extensions
Aug 2018 - Apr 2020
Linux Virtual Machine Extensions for Azure
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 23 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Varad made significant contributions to the `azure-linux-extensions` repository, focusing on enhancing the DSC (Desired State Configuration) extension and the VMAccess extension. Their work included adding support for Python 3 and making VMAccess more idempotent. The user also implemented changes to integrate automation accounts, resource groups, and subscription IDs, indicating a focus on infrastructure automation and configuration management. The modifications across multiple files showcase a good understanding of the underlying infrastructure and extension functionalities.
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