Akash Gupta

Software Engineer

Redmond, Washington, United States14 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in cloud security solutions and enterprise-grade systems.
  • Led cross-organizational teams to enhance Microsoft 365 security.
  • Developed scalable data solutions improving customer retention.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud security and data management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ServicesIdentity & Access Management (iam)Machine LearningBig Data

Other Skills

gRPCPowershellHTTPRole-Based Access Control (RBAC)System MonitoringData GovernanceMentoringSovereignAzure Data LakeMicrosoft AzureCOSMOSJSONPython (Programming Language)StorageC#

About

With a solid track record at Microsoft, my expertise lies in developing and optimizing cloud security solutions and enterprise-grade systems. Specializing in Microsoft Information Protection, I have honed skills in various authentication techniques and modern C++, C#, python. My proficiency extends across all project stacks, from client applications to service layers, ensuring robust data protection and compliance. Leading cross-geographical and cross-organizational teams, work empowers organizations to classify, label, protect, and audit both unstructured and structured data. Collaborating on high-scale micro-services that operate globally, I have effectively integrated our technology into both Office 365 and Azure clouds, contributing to the creation of secure and intelligent platforms that address complex technical challenges.

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
11 mos
Current Experience

Docusign

Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2025Present · 11 mos · Seattle · Hybrid

Microsoft

4 roles

Technical Lead (Purview: labels, licensing)

Promoted

Jun 2023May 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Leading feature crew technical engineering efforts to build new features and enhance service health in two critical core areas powering Microsoft 365 security & compliance:
  • MIP Label Fundamentals(Azure, M365) – FC lead owning end-to-end label management, from admin features and cmdlets to backend services, supporting nearly all Microsoft first-party products (Office, Windows, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Loop) and third-party partners like Adobe.
  • MIP Licensing Service – Architecting a high-availability licensing evaluation platform, enabling security & compliance enforcement across M365 and Microsoft security offerings.
  • 🔹 Designed and scaled resilient cloud-native services handling billions of requests, improving system reliability and performance.
  • 🔹 Optimized labeling APIs, enhancing throughput of p95/p99 by 50% YoY while reducing backend load.
  • 🔹 Collaborated with 25+ teams across Microsoft, driving cross-org adoption of MIP frameworks.
  • 🔹 Enhanced access control and data governance, aligning Microsoft’s compliance strategy with enterprise needs.
gRPCPowershellHTTPRole-Based Access Control (RBAC)Cloud ServicesSystem Monitoring+32

Senior Software engineer (Microsoft Information Protection)

Promoted

Jun 2018May 2023 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Microsoft Information protection under Cloud security & AI.
  • Developed expertise in various authentication techniques & modern C++. Worked across all stacks from clients to services projects of Microsoft Information protection
  • Microsoft Information Protection (previously Azure Information Protection) technology helps classify, label, protect and audit unstructured and structured data, at rest in endpoints and storage systems or in-transit over the network.
  • The platform is comprised of a set of high-scale micro-services running at global scale in both Office 365 and Azure clouds , a set of SDKs to enlighten apps on various platforms in multiple programming languages, administrative portals to configure, manage and deploy IP solutions, and dashboards to visualize and analyze information and threats.
  • collaborated with Office, Exchange, Windows, Sharepoint, Adobe, Edge and many other first-party and third-party application teams to integrate IP platform into their applications and create a thriving app ecosystem.
SecurityCloud ServicesMicrosoft AzureProtocol BuffersPython (Programming Language)Distributed Systems+6

Software Engineer II, Cloud + AI

Jun 2016Jun 2018 · 2 yrs

Cross platform SDKAuthentication SystemsService DiscoveryServer Migration

Software Development Engineer(Office 365, MDM, supply chain)

Jun 2012May 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Hired from the college campus into MACH(Microsoft academy of college hires) program.
  • ● Designed event driven system for lead processing, reducing latency from 52 hours to 15 mins.
  • ● Developed Azure and Office 365 customer churn prediction model, improving customer retention
  • by 50% for specific sub-segments.
  • ● Created customer segmentation model using clustering techniques to improve effectiveness of
  • marketing campaigns.
  • ● Implemented scalable data pipelines, ensuring seamless integration across global systems.
  • ● Delivered optimized data ingestion workflows, improving data reliability and processing costs
ASP.NET MVCMongoDBElasticsearchAzure Data FactorySQLRAD+8

Persistent systems

Sponsored Thesis Project(Big Data, Computer Vision, IEEE)

Sep 2011Apr 2012 · 7 mos · Nagpur Area, India

  • Built and evangelized a large-scale Hadoop cluster for diverse projects, enhancing data processing capabilities.
  • Developed an Elasticsearch cluster to enable scalable search functionalities, improving retrieval efficiency.
  • Researched and implemented hybrid genetic algorithms for complex computational problems, contributing to AI advancements.
  • Published research findings in IEEE and international conferences, showcasing expertise in big data and computer vision.
ElasticsearchHadoopJava springWeb ApplicationsSupply Chain OptimizationGenetic Algorithms+2

Education

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

B.Tech — CSE

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