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title: "Varun Tayur - Senior Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Varun Tayur, PhD | techsvatantra.in | skillcompass.in based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, github copilot, and openai."
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# Varun Tayur on Tal

## Headline

PhD \| techsvatantra\.in \| skillcompass\.in

## About

I describe myself as passionate programmer with experience in designing, building performant applications\. I have broadened my area of work by exploring various technologies, leading to the publication of 5 Android apps and 1 iOS application\. Further, my interest on "Internet of Things" and "Machine Learning" kept me engaged with the academia, leading to completion of my PhD\. Unique combination of academia and industry experience has transformed me into a detail oriented professional\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

github copilot

openai

githubcopilot

## Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, Jul 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Staff Engineer at Synopsys Inc, Apr 2021 \- Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, I work for the Polaris SaaS platform, I was responsible for the initial architecture and design when the project was conceived\. Now, I am the lead engineer for several critical services of the platform\. My current work involves designing the platform to scale better using the cloud native primitives\.

Software Architect at Synopsys Inc, Feb 2017 \- Apr 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I worked on the design and development of the Managed Services application\. This application is used by Security Consultants and Customers to setup Penetration Tests on their applications\. I was responsible for modernizing the tech stack, improving the engineering turnaround time to launch new products by close to 80%\.

Module Lead at Avaya, Nov 2014 \- Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, I worked on the Avaya's COM, a comprehensive Network Management System for managing Avaya's various Top of the rack Network switches and Routers\. This role helped me design and implement a unique method for scaling the solution to handle large number of requests from the network switches\.

Software Engineer at IBM, Mar 2013 \- Nov 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bangalore, I worked for the Software Defined Networking team, responsible for design and development of one of the components of the IBM's OpenFlow SDN Controller built on top of the OpenDaylight SDN Controller\.

Senior Technical Associate at Avaya, Mar 2011 \- Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Greater Bengaluru Area, In this role, I worked on the Enterprise Device Manager for several of the Avaya's Networking Equipment, It gave me an unique opportunity to learn the internals of various networking gear and protocols\.

## Education

Doctor of Philosophy \(Ph\.D\.\), Computer Science, Jain \(Deemed\-to\-be University\)

Master of Philosophy \(M\.Phil\.\), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Jain \(Deemed\-to\-be University\)

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