Navkaran Singh — CTO
Engineering leader with 13+ years building and scaling planet-scale backend systems and growth platforms at Microsoft. Currently leading engineering for Copilot Growth across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps — driving roadmap, architecture, A/B experimentation, and PLG-led onboarding & retention experiments across M365 mobile. Previously led Microsoft's global Web Defense service, protecting 2.5B+ monthly devices and serving 15B+ daily lookups against phishing, tech-scam, and other web threats. Owned detection pipelines, threat-signal ingestion, and mitigation flows; modernized infra for resiliency and global failover; and shipped LLM-powered triage tools that meaningfully cut investigation time. What I focus on: • Engineering leadership, org scaling, and cross-geo execution • Distributed systems, web protection, and high-scale backend services • AI/LLM-driven features and Copilot growth on mobile • Reliability, performance, and modern observability • Hiring, mentorship, and engineering excellence Based in Noida, India. Always up for conversations on AI-powered product growth, large-scale systems, and building strong engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and SaaS expert with a focus on engineering leadership and product growth.
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Experience: 12 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Mobile Engineering
- Engineering Leadership
- Product-led Growth
- Software Management
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Led engineering for Copilot growth across Microsoft mobile apps.
- Secured billions of users from web threats with innovative solutions.
- Recognized with Microsoft Excellence Awards for leadership.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Principal Engineering Manager — Copilot Growth, M365 Mobile (11 mos)
Principal Engineering Manager — Web Defense (11 mos)
Senior Software Engineering Manager (2 yrs 7 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)
Amdocs
Software Development Specialist (2 mos)
Software Developer (1 yr 11 mos)
Software Developer (4 yrs 8 mos)
Education
Bachelor's degree at Guru Nanak Dev University