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Chetan Prakash

Senior Software Engineer
Bengaluru

Summary

Over 13 years of experience in software development, specializing in delivering scalable, innovative solutions across diverse technologies. Spearheads a team of six engineers at Microsoft Teams EDU, driving the development of a teacher-parent collaboration platform targeting 80 million users. Designed and delivered high-performance web applications leveraging React, Node.js, and Azure, ensuring scalability and reliability. Recent contributions include shipping a major initiative that enhanced user engagement and adding multiple high-impact features to the roadmap. Combines expertise in front-end development with full-stack capabilities to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Recognized for fostering collaboration and driving project success in fast-paced environments.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

Microsoft India
BANGALORE
9 2023 - Current
  • Led multiple Teams EDU initiatives focused on teacher-parent collaboration.
  • Developed Dashboards and Monitors to ensure product quality and fundamentals
  • Built and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps for Service Fabric and client-side applications.
  • Implemented advanced authentication mechanisms (S2S, SSO etc.) using Microsoft Identity Platform for different
  • Ensured product security by addressing security vulnerabilities and collaborating with security teams.
  • Optimized processes through effective ROBs, sprint planning, and regular reviews.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align on product updates and ensure smooth delivery.
  • Collaborated with Privacy, Compliance, and Security teams for enterprise readiness

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft India
BANGALORE
01.2022 - 09.2023
  • Developed seamless LMS integrations with Microsoft Teams, enhancing user adoption.
  • Achieved a 20% performance boost through optimizations such as reducing bundle sizes, optimizing data fetch and implementing persistent storage
  • Established robust deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps, ensuring seamless releases.

SDE II

Microsoft
Bangalore
03.2018 - 12.2021
  • Created a versatile file upload component, utilized across multiple Teams products, processing over 15 million uploads.
  • Significantly reduced file upload issues by 30% through root cause analysis and optimized feature implementations.
  • Mentored junior engineers and conducted code reviews to elevate team standards and ensure high-quality deliverables.
  • Worked on several other initiatives to bootstrap new apps such as wiki, collections etc.

Associate Lead

Nagarro Software Services
Gurgaon
02.2016 - 03.2018
  • Built a robust cloud-based access control system for a global leader, enabling secure access through digital locks and card-based authentication.
  • Utilized AngularJS 1.4 and Gulp to streamline development and deployment processes.
  • Created a reusable, pub-sub based mini-framework to enhance code efficiency and maintainability.

Full Stack Web Developer

IBE.net
Noida
12.2015 - 02.2016
  • Build a MVP product for a next generation recruiting and online interviewing tool
  • The product involved full stack development of a online video chat tool leveraging nodejs, web sockets, WEB RTC, angularjs

Senior Full Stack Engineer

IBE.net
Noida
01.2013 - 12.2015

Developed and maintained a next-generation cloud-based ERP solution (iBE.net) for SMEs.

  • Owned timesheets and expenses module: Led full-stack development, building complex UI components with ExtJS 4 and backend APIs in Java.
  • Enhanced user experience: Built a popular Chrome extension for the timesheets module, improving efficiency and user adoption.
  • Contributed across the stack: Supported front-end development, backend APIs, and maintained the existing iOS native application.

Technologies: JavaScript, ExtJS 4, Java, MongoDB

Software Engineer

Metadesign Software Services Pvt Ltd
Pune
11.2010 - 12.2012

Built diverse solutions using PHP, MySQL, and Zend Framework:

  • Developed data center management tools, customized ERP solutions, and iOS apps.
  • Implemented complex database solutions using MySQL procedures and views.
  • Exposure to build and ship iOS application

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Pune
06.2006 - 07.2010

Skills

FrontEnd Frameworks Technologies(Reactjs, GraphQl, Css Injs )

Backend (AzureServiceFabric, dotnet)

Devops (Azure Devops, Azure Pipelines, CI/ CD, Azure Resources)

Tools & Technologies: Git, Jasmine, Webpack, Apollo, MongoDB

Development Practices: Test-Driven Development (TDD), Agile/Scrum

Accomplishments

- Led the development of a teacher-parent communication tool in Teams EDU, targeting 80M users.
- Won two Microsoft Teams hackathons for innovative EDU and consumer product solutions. One of the projects were priortized and shipped and several others being evaluated
- Achieved a 20% performance improvement in LMS integrations , an Edu Product, by optimizing framework-level enums and reducing bundle sizes.
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Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft India
01.2022 - 09.2023

SDE II

Microsoft
03.2018 - 12.2021

Associate Lead

Nagarro Software Services
02.2016 - 03.2018

Full Stack Web Developer

IBE.net
12.2015 - 02.2016

Senior Full Stack Engineer

IBE.net
01.2013 - 12.2015

Software Engineer

Metadesign Software Services Pvt Ltd
11.2010 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Pune Institute of Computer Technology
06.2006 - 07.2010

Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

Microsoft India
9 2023 - Current
Chetan PrakashSenior Software Engineer