Aditya Lele

About Aditya Lele

Senior Software Engineer and Engineering Lead with over 12 years of experience in software development with 2+ years managing engineers and 4+ years as a technical lead for high output engineering teams (including remote/distributed teams). Proficient in front-end leaning full-stack web development, front-end architecture, and cross-functional engineering leadership across multiple product groups. Adept at mentoring engineers and instilling best practices for developer productivity, resulting in high-performing, agile teams.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineering Lead

   Microsoft

   Jun 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Engineering Lead | Low Code Workflows | Microsoft Teams PlatformDirectly manage a remote team of engineers across multiple time zones, mentoring junior and senior developers through code reviews, pair programming, and regular 1:1 coaching. Foster an inclusive, high-performance team culture that improves retention and skill growthCurrently leading a cross-functional initiative of 15+ engineers across three major Microsoft product groups. Define and drive technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for a greenfield AI-powered workflow automation platform, seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Teams (350M+ MAU) and SharePoint (600M+ MAU) as a micro front-endArchitected and built foundational UX components for the low-code workflow automations platform with a focus on performance and scalability. Reduced app load time from ~18 seconds to under 3 seconds at P95. Implemented best practices for developer productivity, resulting in 80% faster feature development cycles and dev server startup time of <500msRedesigned the hosted experiences front-end code for chats in Microsoft Teams. Created an extensibility model that provides standard capabilities out of the box, reducing integration time by 50% and load latency by 30% from 900ms to 600ms at P95Led the Growth team to help increase platform usage by 3+ million MAU.We built frontend platform features in React/TypeScript & GraphQL backed by A/B Experimentation data to improve user acquisition, engagement and retention and pioneered the culture of experimentation within the broader orgBuilt a server-less work-tracking automation service initially for one team and scaled it to an organization 100× larger by generalizing the solution. The tool streamlined deployment lifecycle tracking across feature teams and gained org-wide adoptionBuilt the Microsoft Teams integration plugin for Google Calendar that would let users schedule Teams meetings right from within their calendars. It has over 16+ Million users globally

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Data Structures
• Css
• Algorithms
• C++
• Core Java
• Software Engineering
• Java
• Software Development
• Python
• Sql
• Linux
• Android
• Verilog
• C
• Programming
• Mysql
• Windows
• Eclipse
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Databases
• Javascript
• C#
• Html
• Android Development