Damir Ferizović

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Role: Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Location: New York, NY, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Damir Ferizović

Software engineer at Microsoft Azure Front Door, a hyperscale CDN and application delivery platform. My work focuses on high-performance systems, request processing, and large-scale infrastructure, including components such as the Web Application Firewall and rules engine.I primarily work on systems programming in C, performance engineering, and memory-efficient data structures. This includes designing core runtime components, implementing performance optimizations, and building tooling for large-scale performance analysis across globally deployed services.Background in algorithms and theoretical computer science, with research recognition in parameterized algorithms and medals in international programming competitions (IOI, ICPC).

Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Sep 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US
Project: AXE (Arbitrary eXecution Engine) — Tech Lead • Led ground-up redesign and implementation of AFD’s WAF and Rules Engine. • Delivered a high-performance rule evaluation engine in C for low-latency request processing. • Coordinated cross-team integration and production rollout.Project: AXE as Library — Tech Lead • Extracted AXE into a shared internal library to unify Microsoft WAF implementations. • Selected by Microsoft leadership as the standard WAF engine for multiple Microsoft products.Project: C10k Performance Initiative — Tech Lead • Led large-scale performance and scalability improvements for Azure Front Door. • Built a benchmark suite and implemented low-level architectural optimizations. • Built a performance profiling system aggregating data from globally deployed machines. • Identified and resolved multiple critical production issues. • Delivered major improvements in request throughput and processing efficiency.Reference: • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetworkingblog/revolutionizing-hyperscale-application-delivery-and-security-the-new-azure-front/41•••38

Education

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Master’s Degree, Computer Science
2015 — 2019
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
2011 — 2015

Skills

Oop
Java
Javascript
C
Programming
Software Development
Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
Computer Science
C++
Data Structures
Html
Unreal Engine 4
Php
Software Engineering
Sql
Linux
Algorithms

Contact information

Verified work emails, personal emails, and direct dials — unlocked in one click.

Work email
d••••••••@microsoft.com
Personal email
•••••@•••••.com
Direct dial
+•• ••• ••• ••••

Unlock verified contacts

Free to start · No credit card required

Current company

Microsoft

Software Development · 10K employees · 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, 98052, US

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

microsoft.com

Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn

Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.

Start for free See how it works

Free plan included · No credit card required

This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.