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title: "Neha S. - Principal Software Engineer in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Neha S., Principal Software Engineer @Digicert | Ex-Microsoft, Ex-Broadcom| Cloud Platform| Security .. based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes claude code, gemini, and replit."
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# Neha S\. on Tal

## Headline

Principal Software Engineer @Digicert \| Ex\-Microsoft, Ex\-Broadcom\| Cloud Platform\| Security \.\.

## About

I’m a backend and distributed systems engineer with 12\+ years of experience building secure, scalable, cloud‑native platforms across Microsoft, Broadcom, Amadeus, and now Digicert\. My work spans multiple domains — storage, security, cloud infrastructure, and mail clients — and I’ve built and modernized systems using C\+\+, C\#, Python, Go, and Azure/AWS\. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems, designing reliable backend systems, and improving performance at scale\. My foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object‑oriented design helps me move confidently across technologies and platforms, whether I’m building new services or strengthening existing ones\. I value creativity, clarity, and healthy communication\. I love working with teams, mentoring engineers, and contributing to environments where people feel empowered to learn and build\. Continuous learning is a core part of who I am, and I bring that mindset into every project I take on\. \#Azure \#AWS \#C\+\+ \#c\# \#\.NET \#DSA \#OOP \#cloud

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude code

gemini

replit

windsurf

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

## Work experience

Principal Software Engineer at DigiCert, Jun 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1\. I lead core DCA‑Gateway engineering for DigiCert’s PKI trust plane , owning certificate lifecycle workflows including issuance, revocation, and validation for mission‑critical services\. 2\. Designed scalable data access layer: designed and implemented DAO abstractions for Cassandra, enabling stateless PKI microservices, horizontal scaling, and migrated data from SQL to Cassandra\. 3\. Data migration and validation tooling: developed a Go‑based comparator to migrate data from SQL to Cassandra & validate SQL vs Cassandra responses for PKI APIs, enabling phased migration from MSSQL → Cassandra while preserving functional parity and data integrity\. 4\. I automated template management pipeline: architected and implemented a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, YAML templates, schema validation, and automated CQL generation; eliminated 100% of manual template edits, reduced human error, and cut review/rollout time by \~70%\. 5\. Published internal training & tech talks on PKI fundamentals, Cassandra data modeling, and migration strategies reducing ramp up time from months to week & creating sufficient documentation trail to troubleshoot any on call problems\. 6\. Addressed several critical customer‑impacting incidents during on‑call rotations by performing rapid root‑cause analysis and implementing code fixes where required\. Identified recurring failure patterns and proposed structural improvements to senior leadership, driving reliability enhancements across PKI services\. 7\. Coached junior engineers for on‑call workflows and debugging techniques, significantly improving team response speed and confidence during incidents\.

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, Jan 2023 \- May 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer III at Amadeus Labs, Aug 2022 \- Jan 2023 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1\. Working on Middleware Pack migration to ensure third party libraries are updated and our code uses latest libraries\. This will ensure security of Amadeus code\. 2\. Design and implementing new features as and when required and also taking care of bugs\.

Senior Software Engineer II at HCL Technologies \( Product based\), Feb 2020 \- Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos, I was responsible for delivering one important feature addition to Notes Client which will help user 90% of the time to save his/her time by exactly placing desired move to folder name in front of him/her when SwiftFile feature is used\.

Research And Development Software Engineer II at Broadcom, Jul 2015 \- Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 7 mos, 1\. I built the entire attribute engine for Sapient, a high‑performance ML component — zero bugs in production\. 2\. Refactored 'Sapient' \- static threat detection framework release related CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth release process by means of automating FTs, BVTs & sending alerts upon failures\. This helped in catching human error before any major release\. 3\. Re‑architect\-ed mass‑scan pipeline using Kafka \+ S3, improving throughput by 30% and reducing cost by 80%\. 4\. Developed Masonite\-Engine modules to achieve 3% FP & 2% FN reduction affecting all SEP systems world\-wide\. 5\. I initiated many team building activities like "Challenge to AV" & "What's your super\-power at work?" From "Challenge to AV" platform company received 13 production ideas to implement & company filed 1 patent as a result\. 6\. Mentoring interns & junior team members\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, Pune Institute of Computer Technology

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Information Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University

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