Dheeraj Krishna Kunam

About Dheeraj Krishna Kunam

I’m a software engineer at Microsoft working on the Purview Information Protection platform, where I build and operate backend systems that help organizations protect sensitive data at scale across Microsoft 365.My work focuses on improving the reliability and performance of large distributed services for data loss prevention, automatic data classification, and reporting. I’ve shipped backend features in C#, optimized data pipelines, and resolved high-impact production issues that affect enterprise customers.I’m currently working on AI-driven capabilities to make automatic data labeling smarter and more transparent, helping administrators understand how their security policies behave, troubleshoot issues, and improve the accuracy of sensitive data detection.Before Microsoft, I worked at AMD, where I built performance-critical systems using Go and Python, developing a strong foundation in scalable systems and efficient software design.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Jan 2023 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Software engineer building backend systems for Microsoft Purview that power data loss prevention and automatic data classification across Microsoft 365.• Shipped end-to-end backend features for customer-facing reporting and analytics across services and data platforms.• Proactively improved service health through better monitoring, diagnostics, and incident prevention in distributed production systems.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Calicut

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Engineering Physics

  2012 — 2016

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master's degree, Computer Science

  2017 — 2019