Umesh Kanodia

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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India18 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 18+ years of engineering management experience.
  • Led teams delivering products for over 400M users.
  • Expert in cloud computing and software engineering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Semiconductor expert with strong leadership in cloud and software engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipProject ManagementSoftware EngineeringCloud ComputingSoftware DesignInfrastructure ManagementProduct DevelopmentSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)CC++Change ManagementCloud NetworkingCoaching & MentoringCustomer RetentionDevOpsJSONKubernetesMicroservicesPerformance ImprovementProject DeliveryProject Planning

About

Engineering Manager with 18+ years of experience building and leading high-performing teams, driving cross-functional collaboration, and delivering large-scale, customer-centric products. I bring a strong blend of technical depth, strategic thinking, and execution excellence, with a consistent focus on reliability, performance, and real user impact. At Microsoft, I currently lead the Word Fundamentals team across Desktop and Mobile platforms. My team owns the core experiences that define Microsoft Word — Document Open, Co-authoring, Save, and Close — powering seamless collaboration and productivity for millions of users worldwide. We work at the intersection of engineering excellence and customer obsession, continuously improving reliability and performance while enabling innovation at scale. I’m passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and psychological safety, where teams grow, take bold bets, and deliver meaningful outcomes. For 1-on1 call : topmate.io/umesh_kanodia

Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Principal Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Leading the Word Fundamentals team, covering Open, Save, Close, and Co-authoring for both Desktop and Mobile platforms—serving over 400M users globally.
Technical LeadershipTeam BuildingChange ManagementTechnology RecruitmentProject PlanningProject Delivery+2

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Led a team in building a Kubernetes-based platform for building and deploying Office backend services, enabling scalable, reliable, and efficient service delivery.
Team ManagementSoftware EngineeringSoftware Project ManagementProduct DevelopmentStrategic PlanningTechnical Leadership+4

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2019Aug 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

Software DesignSoftware InfrastructureKubernetesAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Infrastructure Management

Cadence design systems

Principal Software Engineer

Mar 2016Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • Led a team managing the industry-leading SPEF Writer/Reader and an in-memory RC database with high-frequency read/write operations, consumed across key IC design phases including STA and place-and-route, and designed customer-focused extended-SPEF and compressed-SPEF solutions addressing performance and scalability needs.
Product DevelopmentPerformance ImprovementTechnical LeadershipC++CSoftware Development

Mentor graphics

Lead Member Techincal Staff

Dec 2011Feb 2016 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • Contributed as an individual contributor to feature enhancements in the Mentor Graphics Schematic Generator—a core netlist viewer used across multiple tools—by designing levelling algorithms for flat and hierarchical netlists and introducing I/O port detection, resulting in 15% improvement in circuit timing analysis and 10–15% schematic layout compaction.
C++CSoftware Development

Atrenta

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2010Dec 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • Researched and addressed timing constraints by implementing and verifying timing exceptions, analyzing timing reports, and resolving issues in a SpyGlass project, while designing and integrating an MCP and latency analysis algorithm into the design flow, achieving a 10% error reduction and improved performance.

Samsung india

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2009Jul 2010 · 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • Led the development of an IPC service module enabling seamless front-end and back-end communication, while assessing framework compatibility and successfully porting the eBook reader application from Qt to WxWidgets for Samsung’s 6-inch device within timeline, maintaining stability and performance.

Hughes systique corporation

Software Engineer

May 2007Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

  • Worked on RFID-based wireless solutions to enable live asset location and condition monitoring, while establishing ISO/IEC 18000-7–compliant serial communication between the MSP430 controller and CC1021 RF transceiver.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

B.Tech(H) — Electrical Engineering

Jul 2003Jun 2007

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

PGPWE

Jan 2021Jan 2023

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