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Pranav Tripathi
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead
Summary
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead with 13+ years of experience building and shipping products used by 400M+ people. Proven track record at Microsoft, Workday, Goldman Sachs, and Oracle delivering scalable distributed systems, AI-powered consumer features, and enterprise platforms. IIT BHU alumnus. Based in Vancouver, Canada.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead — Microsoft
Nov 2025 — Present · Vancouver, Canada- •Leading AI initiatives on the XBOX Gaming AI team
- •Driving architecture and development of responsible AI and ML-powered gaming features
- •Building scalable systems with React, .NET, and machine learning pipelines
Staff Software Engineer (SDE-4) — Workday
Feb 2024 — Nov 2025 · Vancouver, Canada- •Designed scalable, fault-tolerant services for Revenue & Billing — ensuring reliability for Fortune 500 clients processing billions in financial transactions
- •Built distributed cloud-native services with Java, Spring, and MySQL optimized for high availability in multi-tenant SaaS environments
- •Delivered enhancements improving billing accuracy, invoicing automation, and revenue recognition — reducing operational costs and improving audit readiness
- •Introduced monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning that improved system reliability SLAs and reduced latency across high-volume financial workloads
- •Partnered with product managers, architects, and finance domain experts ensuring compliance with GAAP, IFRS, and regulatory standards
- •Mentored junior engineers in design, coding best practices, and system design — raising engineering quality and accelerating delivery velocity
Senior Software Engineer — Microsoft
Nov 2021 — Jan 2024 · Vancouver, Canada- •Led end-to-end development of Paint Co-Creator — Microsoft's first DALL-E AI image generation in a consumer product, serving 100M+ monthly active users
- •Architected Windows Store Backend (SPARK) to onboard Win32/MSI product catalogs into the Windows 11 Store for the first time
- •Designed and launched Project Mercury (App Backup & Restore) — a core Windows 11 feature enabling seamless app restoration across 400M+ devices
- •Developed AI Review Summarization for Microsoft Store — summarizing millions of app reviews
- •Acted as technical lead across multiple teams — defining system requirements, driving design reviews, and enforcing engineering excellence
Senior Software Engineer — Microsoft
Aug 2017 — Oct 2021 · Hyderabad, India- •Built Edge Extensions Publishing Backend (BigCat Publishing Service) from scratch — scaled ecosystem from ~300 extensions to 10,000+ in 6 months (30x growth)
- •Led developer ingestion workflow via Microsoft Partner Center for Chromium-based Edge Add-ons Store
- •Owned the Autofill platform for Microsoft Edge — delivering autocomplete migration, export/import, inline-delete, and cross-device sync for tens of millions of users
- •Awarded Microsoft 'Be a Leader' 2021 for demonstrating leadership in the Store Services team
- •Enabled ecosystem adoption positioning Microsoft Edge as a competitive browser in the Chromium era
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead — Sears Holdings India
Mar 2016 — Aug 2017 · Bengaluru, India- •Led the core pricing service powering $1B+ monthly revenue across Sears.com and Kmart.com
- •Designed and optimized Java, Spring, and MySQL-based microservices for price computation and distribution with low-latency performance
- •Partnered with product and business teams to align pricing workflows with promotional strategies — improving profit margins and customer trust
- •Enabled real-time, high-availability pricing at scale supporting Sears' competitive e-commerce strategy
Software Engineer — Goldman Sachs
Jan 2015 — Mar 2016 · Bengaluru, India- •Built Model Inventory Platform for GS Asset Management — ensuring compliance and risk transparency
- •Developed report delivery and database purge framework using Slang, SecDb, React, and microservices
- •Collaborated with quants, risk, and compliance teams to deliver regulatory-aligned model governance
- •Improved system performance and compliance readiness, strengthening Goldman's risk management infrastructure
Software Engineer — Oracle
Jun 2012 — Dec 2014 · Hyderabad, India- •Implemented Java/J2EE-based enhancements that streamlined financial reporting workflows for enterprise customers
- •Delivered Windows 8 certification for WebADI & Report Manager — shipped to thousands of EBS customers
- •Built Office 2010 64-bit certification for global EBS customer base
- •Contributed to Oracle's flagship ERP product line, strengthening adoption among Fortune 500 customers
Key Projects
Paint Co-Creator
100M+ monthly usersDALL-E powered AI image generation built into Microsoft Paint
C# · .NET Core · Azure Cosmos DB · DALL-E · Azure Functions
Windows Apps Backup & Restore
400M+ devicesApp backup and restore system shipped with every Windows 11 device
C# · .NET Core · Azure · Windows Platform
Store AI Review Summarization
Millions of reviews processedAI-powered review summaries for Microsoft Store applications
C# · Azure AI · NLP · Azure Cosmos DB
Windows Store Backend (SPARK)
Powering Windows 11 StoreWin32 product catalog integration for the Windows 11 Store
C# · .NET Core · Azure · Microservices · SQL Server
Edge Extensions Publishing
10,000+ extensions in 6 monthsComplete publishing backend for Chromium-based Microsoft Edge extensions
C# · .NET · Azure · REST APIs · Partner Center
Skills
Languages
C#, Python, TypeScript, Java, SQL, JavaScript, Go, C++
Frameworks
.NET Core, ASP.NET, React, Next.js, Spring Boot, Node.js
Cloud & Infra
Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes
Databases
Cosmos DB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis, Oracle DB
System Design
Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, REST APIs, gRPC, GraphQL
AI & ML
DALL-E Integration, NLP, AI Review Systems, OpenAI APIs, Responsible AI, Threat Modeling
Tools & DevOps
Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, VS Code, Terraform, Grafana, RabbitMQ
Frontend
React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, HTML/CSS, Responsive Design
Languages: C#, Python, TypeScript, Java, SQL, JavaScript, Go, C++
Frameworks: .NET Core, ASP.NET, React, Next.js, Spring Boot, Node.js
Cloud & Infra: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes
Databases: Cosmos DB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis, Oracle DB
System Design: Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, REST APIs, gRPC, GraphQL
AI & ML: DALL-E Integration, NLP, AI Review Systems, OpenAI APIs, Responsible AI, Threat Modeling
Tools & DevOps: Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, VS Code, Terraform, Grafana, RabbitMQ
Frontend: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, HTML/CSS, Responsive Design
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
2008 — 2012Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
One of India's premier engineering institutions (IIT system). Studied algorithms, data structures, systems programming, and software engineering.
Achievements
- •Be a Leader 2021 Award — Microsoft, 2021. Awarded Microsoft-wide "Simplify Synthesize Communicate" leadership award for demonstrating exceptional leadership in the Store Services team.
- •Prime Minister's Scholarship — Government of India, 2008 — 2012. Recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister's Scholarship for the entire duration of B.Tech program.
- •IIT JEE — AIR 2579 — IIT Joint Entrance Exam, 2008. Ranked in the top 1% of 350,000+ students in India's most prestigious engineering entrance exam.
- •4th Place — National RAD Competition — Ribbit (British Telecom) at Codefest, IIT BHU, 2010. Secured 4th position in a national-level Rapid Application Development contest organized by Ribbit, a wing of British Telecom at Codefest-2010, IIT BHU.