Ajay Saksena
Engineering @ Microsoft | Ex-VMware (by Broadcom) | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation 2020 Certified Associate | GAIQ
- Role
- Software Development Engineer 2 at Microsoft
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ajay Saksena
Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience developing and deploying high-performance…
Experience
Software Development Engineer 2
Oct 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
At Microsoft, I am part of the Engineering Systems team, contributing to Overlake Engineering Systems. My work focuses on building scalable developer platforms, optimizing build and release pipelines, and accelerating productivity through automation and system improvements. I collaborate across teams to reduce friction in engineering workflows, improve reliability, and drive efficiency in large-scale systems that support global developer operations.1. Developed QEMU reset functionality, significantly reducing environment-specific troubleshooting time and improving developer productivity. Optimized Azure Build Health portal integration for unit tests, cutting execution time by 90% and minimizing external network calls while enabling diverse agent use cases. Engineered parallel execution of QEMU instances with robust locking, enabling concurrent unit tests and accelerating build cycles by 40%, directly improving SLA adherence across pipelines. Streamlined monthly container releases by migrating to one-branch pipelines, eliminating manual effort and improving overall release efficiency.5. Designed an AI-driven automation system with Roo and Cline that cut DRI workload by 40% through automated ICM ticket categorization, time-based visualizations, and customized report generation.
Education
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Executive Post Graduate Programme
2022 — 2023
Delhi Public School - Greater Noida
All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE)
2016 — 2017
Delhi Public School - Greater Noida
Secondary School Examination
2014 — 2015
Liverpool John Moores University
Master of Science - MS
2022 — 2024
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
2017 — 2021
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