Akshat Shukla

About Akshat Shukla

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft CoreAI, building AI agents and developer tools on the 1ES CloudTest platform — Microsoft’s validation backbone running 2.5M sessions and 4B test cases monthly.Previously spent ~6 years at Amazon, contributing to Prime Video and Amazon Retail at global scale. Built ML-powered real-time pipelines, LLM experimentation platforms, and high-throughput data systems using Java, Python, Scala, and AWS — focused on scalable architecture, customer impact, and engineering excellence.Passionate about building systems where AI meaningfully changes how engineers work and how products get shipped. Always happy to connect with engineers and builders working on distributed systems, GenAI, or developer productivity.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Mar 2026 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Senior Software Engineer on the 1ES CloudTest team within CoreAI. CloudTest is Microsoft’s multi-tenant validation backbone — running 2.5M sessions and 4B test cases monthly. Building AI agents and tooling that reduce the time engineers spend on validating and releasing code, at the scale of tens of thousands of developers across Microsoft.

Education

• Northeastern University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2017 — 2019

• Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science Engineering

  2013 — 2017

Skills

• Leadership
• Mysql
• Android
• Angular Dimple
• Java
• Adobe Photoshop
• Programming Languages
• Public Speaking
• Cobol
• Logo Design
• Core Java
• C
• Microsoft Word
• Ubuntu
• Git
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Apache Pig
• Angularjs
• Java Web Services
• Html
• English
• Microsoft Office
• Python
• Photoshop
• Firebase
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Object Oriented Design
• Web Design