ASHISH KUMAR

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India6 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led innovative features in Microsoft Edge.
Focused on AI-powered experiences in M365 Copilot.
Championed modern C++ practices and coding guidelines.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer specializing in C++ and AI-driven software solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

C++Performance EngineeringAiSoftware DevelopmentGraphics Development

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkAPI designAdvance Data Structures and AlgorithmsAnalytical SkillsBasic Knowledge Of .NET FRAMEWORKC (Programming Language)C#Computer ScienceCudaData AnalysisDatabase Management System (DBMS)DatabasesGraphics frameworkJavaScriptLinux

About

I’m a C++ developer passionate about building fast, reliable, and scalable systems that deliver user-visible impact. At Microsoft, I’ve driven innovation in Edge and WebView2, shipping features like Image & Video Super Resolution, Auto Picture-in-Picture, and on-device Video Translation—enabling seamless web content integration in apps with zero duplication of effort. Currently, I focus on performance and reliability for AI-powered experiences in Edge and M365 Copilot on Windows, blending graphics, media, and AI expertise (GPU compute, Speech SDK, TTS) to create solutions that are cleanly designed, measurable in impact, and delightful for developers. I’ve also championed modern C++ practices, introducing coding guidelines and training teams to elevate code quality and maintainability.

Experience

Microsoft

Software Engineer II

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

At Microsoft, I lead the end-to-end delivery of user-facing features in Edge/Chromium—such as Image & Video Super Resolution, Auto Picture-in-Picture, and on-device Video Translation—taking ownership of architecture and API design, leveraging modern C++17/20 capabilities, and working with media/graphics pipelines, as well as TypeScript and Fluent APIs for UI where required. I drive performance engineering (tracing, latency, memory), reliability and resilience (fault isolation, safe rollouts), and observability (telemetry, experiment design), while maintaining privacy and security standards and leading design reviews, coding guidelines, and mentoring on parallel patterns and clean architecture. I have contributed to WebView2, which enables developers to display web content in Windows applications efficiently, without redundant effort. Currently, in M365 Copilot, my focus is on reliability, scalability, and client performance for AI-powered experiences at Microsoft scale.

C++API designperformance engineeringreliability engineeringobservabilitytelemetry+1

Kla

Engr, Software 2

Mar 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Responsible for penetration and adoption of KLA state of art Wafer Inspection products at semiconductor firms which requires ability to quickly pick up and understand customer
requirements.
Roles:-
Successfully owned & enhanced couples of C++ components in the business logic.
Provided design recommendations for C++ based projects, specifically for parallel computing and modern C++ library.
Conducted several trainings and evangelized modern C++ in the company.
Successfully introduced the coding guidelines and design practices in the C++ code base.

C++design recommendationsparallel computingSoftware Development

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Mentor

May 2020 – Jul 2020 · 2 mos

Samsung electronics

Software Engineer

Jun 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Noida Area, India

Majorly worked on Graphics framework & developed C++ libraries. Applied the understanding of complete frame lifecycle from its rendering to its display to resolve software related issues.
Cleared Samsung SW Certificate Test Professional Level.

C++Graphics frameworkGraphics Development