Shilanand K.

SDE 2 at Microsoft | Building AI Agents & Cloud-Native Systems | Azure • AKS • Distributed Systems

Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

About

Software Engineer at Microsoft focused on building scalable Voice AI and cloud-native distributed systems. Currently working on real-time conversational and speech-processing platforms powering AI-driven customer interaction experiences. My work includes: • Voice AI systems • Azure infrastructure • AKS deployments • CI/CD automation • Distributed systems • Reliability engineering I enjoy solving engineering challenges around scalability, deployment automation, observability, operational excellence, and cloud-native modernization. Core areas: • Voice AI & Conversational Systems • Azure & AKS • Distributed Systems • CI/CD & DevOps • Real-Time Media Processing • Cloud-Native Architecture • Reliability Engineering Prior to Microsoft, I worked across enterprise and BFSI domains building scalable backend and microservices-based applications. Always interested in learning, collaborating, and discussing AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed systems.

Experience

  • Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Building scalable Voice AI and cloud-native systems at Microsoft. • Developing real-time Voice AI and speech processing systems • Building cloud-native services on Azure and AKS • Contributing to scalable real-time AI platforms powering enterprise customer interactions • Automating CI/CD and deployment workflows • Improving reliability, scalability, and production operations • Working on distributed systems, transcription, and media streaming

  • Senior Software Engineer at Nuance Communications
    May 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • FIS (Full-time · 3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Lead Engineer- Product Development
      Jun 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs

      • Individual contributor • Rest service design and development • Unit testing the code with the TDD approach • Analyzing requirements, preparing technical and functional documents. • Performing impact analysis and solutions • Demonstrating the POC with new features • Code reviewer • Framework upgradation

    • Engineer - Product Development
      Aug 2017 - May 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Software Engineer at HSBC
    Aug 2014 - Jul 2017 · 3 yrs

    • Responsible for the design and development of new features. • Analyzing requirements, preparing technical and functional documents. • Performing impact analysis and solutions • Developing the code, building the code using RTC/MKS and deploying on the respective environment using Teamsite/G3. • Providing support for the testing team whenever they need it.

  • Software Developer at S-ORIGIN
    Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 · 7 mos