Sumit Bhardwaj

Software Engineer at Microsoft

Greater Seattle Area

About

Cross-platform systems developer with focus on performance and scaling. https://github.com/bhardwajs

Experience

  • Microsoft (9 yrs 10 mos)
    • Software Engineer, Azure Host Networking
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Working on building and sustaining current and next generation of host networking for Azure Compute.

    • Software Engineer, Azure Developer Experience
      Sep 2025 - Mar 2026 · 7 mos

      I work on improving developer experience of Azure core developers. My focus is on the tooling for developers building for Linux.

    • Software Engineer, Azure Edge + Platform
      Jun 2022 - Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      - Bootstrapped Engineering System for Azure Boost. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/introducing-microsoft-azure-boost-preview/ba-p/3876742 - Built tooling and processes to ensure secure supply chain for a critical Azure component - Built tooling to enable debugging of crashes in the Azure fleet from the source code for the developer cutting down hours of time for each investigation - Built end-to-end experience for finding, investigating, and fixing memory safety issues in Azure Boost code

  • Data Scientist, Payments at Facebook
    Aug 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Data Mining, Analytics, Experimentation and Measurement, Data Visualization - Designed, implemented, and troubleshot metrics dealing for revenue, growth, retention, and user experience of payments to/through Facebook. - Designed and analyzed experiments to increase advertise acquisition and revenue. Introduced new experimentation methodologies to measure long-term effect - Produced actionable analytical insights Engineering, Product Management, User Research, and Design. - Built scalable, efficient, and extensible Payments data infrastructure. - Redesigned instruction of Facebook internal ETL process for data scientists throughout the company. Facebook Bootcamp Graduate, Bootcamp Mentor Facebook Datacamp Graduate, Datacamp Instructor

  • PayPal ()
    • Manager, Risk Decision System Migration
      Jul 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

      PayPal is changing its Risk Decision System and I get to lead development and deployment of the next generation Risk decision system to business users across the globe. Working with Platform and Technology teams, I am involved in designing and developing real-time large scale analytical software and am responsible for meeting an aggressive timeline of a business-critical project at the same time minimizing execution risk.

    • Manager, Risk Solutions, Latin America
      Jul 2012 - Jun 2013 · 1 yr

      Led development and deployment of Risk solutions for PayPal in Latin America by managing a team of analysts with partners across Latin America. I also coordinated onboarding of merchants with Risk solutions, Operations, and Business Unit. I was responsible for dual metrics of loss and transaction approval rate.

    • Manager, Decision Operations
      Dec 2011 - Jun 2012 · 7 mos

      Formed and led a multi-location team, working very closely with Technology and Operations to serve an internal customer base located across the globe. Responsible for managing business operations of Risk decisions including introduction of global Risk strategies.

  • Analytic Science Scientist II at Fair Isaac
    May 2008 - Feb 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

    At FICO, I designed and implemented algorithms to detect multiple types of fraud in medical transactional claims for health-insurance providers and to detect provider fraud in pharmacy transactional claims. I also had an opportunity to design and develop algorithms to detect fraud in auto insurance claims. In addition, I undertook a wide range of responsibilities in the product development cycle including product design, requirements specification, quality assurance. I also acted as client contact person for various products for four clients.

  • Intern at Motorola
    2007 - 2007 · Less than a year