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Piyush Nirala

SDE2 @ Microsoft Azure Storage · Capacity engineering & distributed infrastructure · C# / Java / C++

Pune District

4+ years of work experience

Microsoft
Aug 20251 yr 1 moPresent

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Working with Azure Capacity Management team at Azure Storage.
BNY Mellon
Jul 20223 yrs 1 moJul 2025

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Technical Skills & Achievements - Implemented comprehensive JUnit and Mockito testing framework that increased code coverage from 50% to 85% while reducing SonarQube code smells by 40% - Designed and deployed an event-driven architecture using Kafka messaging for a multi-service email notification system, ensuring 99% delivery reliability with robust retry mechanisms - Engineered a Spring Boot API optimization that reduced response times by 50%, enabling the system to handle 3× more concurrent requests for a critical trading platform Leadership & Process Improvement - Transformed testing protocols by integrating SonarQube compliance checks early in development, reducing technical debt by 40% and preventing production issues - Executed proactive performance optimization initiative that improved Liquidity DIRECT trading efficiency by 30%, earning recognition from senior leadership Problem Solving & Customer Impact - Delivered critical backend performance enhancements that decreased page load times by 50%, significantly improving user experience for institutional trading clients - Designed and implemented intelligent retry mechanisms and structured logging that reduced email notification failures by 99% in a high-stakes financial notification system - Balanced technical excellence with business priorities by implementing risk-based testing strategies that maintained quality while meeting strict release timelines

Piyush’s AI Stack

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Education

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

20184 yrs2022

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Headline

SDE2 @ Microsoft Azure Storage · Capacity engineering & distributed infrastructure · C# / Java / C++

About

I work on the systems that keep Azure Storage running at scale. On the capacity engineering team, I build and own the tooling that moves data and balances load across our production fleet

Location

Pune District

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Software Developer 2 at Microsoft, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Working with Azure Capacity Management team at Azure Storage.

Full Stack Developer at BNY Mellon, Jul 2022 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Technical Skills & Achievements - Implemented comprehensive JUnit and Mockito testing framework that increased code coverage from 50% to 85% while reducing SonarQube code smells by 40% - Designed and deployed an event-driven architecture using Kafka messaging for a multi-service email notification system, ensuring 99% delivery reliability with robust retry mechanisms - Engineered a Spring Boot API optimization that reduced response times by 50%, enabling the system to handle 3× more concurrent requests for a critical trading platform Leadership & Process Improvement - Transformed testing protocols by integrating SonarQube compliance checks early in development, reducing technical debt by 40% and preventing production issues - Executed proactive performance optimization initiative that improved Liquidity DIRECT trading efficiency by 30%, earning recognition from senior leadership Problem Solving & Customer Impact - Delivered critical backend performance enhancements that decreased page load times by 50%, significantly improving user experience for institutional trading clients - Designed and implemented intelligent retry mechanisms and structured logging that reduced email notification failures by 99% in a high-stakes financial notification system - Balanced technical excellence with business priorities by implementing risk-based testing strategies that maintained quality while meeting strict release timelines

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

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