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title: "Kawaljeet Kumar - Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Kawaljeet Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Microsoft \| Founder Barfae \| Generalist \| IoT \| Robotics \| Firmware \| Backend

## About

I’m a software engineer from IIT Kharagpur with 10 years of experience building technology where hardware and software meet\. At Microsoft, I work on product experiences, system reliability, engineering tools, and AI\-assisted development\. My experience spans embedded firmware, systems software, storage, IoT, backend services, and taking products from early ideas to real\-world delivery\. I enjoy simplifying complex problems, designing dependable systems, and helping teams execute better\. My core strengths include C/C\+\+, Python, C\#, Linux, RTOS, device software, system architecture, and technical leadership\. I’m especially interested in Staff or Principal or Architect roles across firmware, embedded Linux, storage, systems software, and intelligent edge devices\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

antigravity

github copilot

ollama

Qwen

Supabase

Vercel AI SDK

## Work experience

Software Engineer at Microsoft, Sep 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Embedded Solutions Engineer at Sibros, Aug 2024 \- Aug 2024 · 1 mo, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Founder at Barfae, May 2023 \- Jun 2024 · 1 y 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Worked on multiple projects, like vending machine, online and offline robotics/iot classes and other\.

Staff Engineer, Firmware Engineering at Western Digital, Sep 2021 \- May 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Contributing to existing firmware of hard disk drive for various modules\. Worked with multi SoC devices and Mentored teammates on using GHS multi debugging tool

Senior Firmware Engineer at Western Digital, Feb 2021 \- Sep 2021 · 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Classified Project at Freelance, Jun 2020 \- Dec 2020 · 7 mos, Consulting with managing firmware releases through python scripts, git and writing nrf52 firmware from scratch with button state machine and uart communication\. \(part time work\)

Senior Systems Engineer at Capillary Technologies, Jul 2019 \- Jul 2020 · 1 y, Bangalore, Helping bringing AI to retail\! Working closely on enabling back end pieces of product to work with devices and micro services seamlessly\.

Senior Software Engineer at Alpha Nodus, Inc\., May 2017 \- May 2019 · 2 y, Bangalore, As part of Alpha Nodus, I have worked on wifi and Bluetooth devices firmware for IoT market in Indoor positioning system\. I have developed software on RTOS, MQTT, HTTPS, Firmware over the Air\(FOTA\) update, Indoor localization techniques\. Apart from writing firmware in C, I have worked for a long time in python too for services and scripts\. I have created charts in Tableau and Domo for analysis purpose\. To work in a startup is a vibrant experience, learning a lot from the fast\-paced nature of development and collaborating with the team to create great product\.

Senior Software Engineer at Robert Bosch, Jul 2016 \- Apr 2017 · 9 mo, Senior software engineer, We are working in Internet of Things\(IoT\) for automobiles\. I am exposed to linux and c\+\+ software development for embedded devices\. I am familiar with communication protocols used in automobiles\. Also, I am working as a member of business development team, so exposed to wide variety of OEMs and again their automobiles\.

## Education

Bachelor's degree, electronics and electrical communication engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Metriculation, Kendriya Vidyalaya Katihar

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