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Principal Group Engineering Manager @ Microsoft

About

Building intelligent, scalable products that simplify how millions of people work, while growing teams that make it happen. Engineering leader with 2 decades of experience driving high-impact platforms and complex product initiatives at scale. Currently a Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft, leading: •Excel Mobile(iPad,iPhone,Android) Agent Mode — reimagining productivity through agent-driven experiences •Outlook Extensibility Platform — enabling a global developer ecosystem to build impactful solutions Known for bringing clarity to ambiguity, aligning cross-functional teams, and delivering resilient, high-quality systems. Passionate about mentoring leaders, shaping engineering culture, and turning bold ideas into real-world impact.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

github copilot

mcp

obsidian

openai

githubcopilot

Work experience

Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft, Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Handling 2 strong charters: 1. Excel Mobile Agent mode (iPad, iPhone, Android) 2. Outlook Extensibility Platform (addins)

Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, Mar 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos, 1. Innovating new Copilot Extensibility usecases for Office Applications. 2. Delivering new features for Microsoft Excel Web version. 3. Leading Outlook Extensibility Platform (Add-ins). These Platform APIs are used by 1P and 3P developers to develop new add-ins/plugins/extensions on top of Outlook to enhance the productivity of users.

Manager Software Development - 2 at PayPal, Nov 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1. Digital Wallet Development : Enriching Customer Experience for Activity module in Paypal's iOS and Android app 2. Successfully led and delivered developement for Document Center (self serve tax docs download). Its live in US.

Senior Engineering Manager - I at Walmart Global Tech India, Aug 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led the execution and delivery of the Digital/Online Pharmacy (android, iOS and Web app) features for digital adoption and usage in US market.

Development Manager at Amadeus Labs, Oct 2015 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1. Architected the Lufthansa Middleware integration with Amadeus for providing the web services client modules. Initially, It was built for just Lufthansa and then was extended configurably to 5 other airlines with different RBAC model. 2. Ideated and created a Self Service tool that automated the whole web service deployment model leading to a reduction in turn around time by 98%.

Technical Lead at Amadeus Labs, Aug 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Designed, developed and rearchitected the Lufthansa middleware integrations with Amadeus platform by bringing in 40% time to market efficiency in deployments of webservices by adapting automations.

Systems Specialist at GE Healthcare, Oct 2011 - Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore, 1. Architected, designed and developed the PET Graphical Prescription application for PET -MRI scanners. 2. Accomplished a new communication model development called GEOCOMM (GE Object Communication) by developing a framework based on Java's serialization and deserialization to communicate the data between Java and C++ components within the system. This was one of the most critical and complex applications with a 100% usage by Radiologists before a scan is done. The application maps the user with the image on screen for prescribing the scans.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communication, Uttar pradesh technical university