Manthan Maru

About Manthan Maru

Building platforms that scale globally while empowering teams to innovate and deliver with excellence.\"I’m a Principal Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed platforms. My expertise spans cloud migration, identity, and compliance-critical services that enable businesses worldwide to modernize and scale.At Microsoft, I lead engineering efforts for Azure Migrate, driving platform modernization and enabling seamless migration of on-premises and native workloads to the cloud. I combine deep technical knowledge with a passion for leadership, mentoring senior technical leaders, fostering collaboration, and introducing AI-assisted engineering practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.My focus is on building resilient, cost-efficient systems while shaping the future of cloud and AI-driven platforms. I thrive on solving complex engineering challenges and creating environments where teams can innovate and succeed.

Experience

1. Principal Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Jul 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Lead engineering strategy and delivery for Azure Migrate, driving cloud migration, distributed systems architecture, and AI-assisted productivity- Scaled Azure Migrate Discovery Service, boosting discovery volume 10% YoY for enterprise workloads- Expanded workload support to MySQL, Oracle, Spring Boot via extensible architecture- Delivered migration business-case generator for Azure Arc-enabled servers, targeting ~3M servers and ~500K SQL Servers- Enabled air-gapped migration workflows, improving security and offline adoption- Increased AI tool adoption and raised code coverage using AI driven testing- Reduced Time-to-Mitigate through SLO-driven incident management and automation- Established engineering standards and led hiring, succession planning, and mentorship.

Education

• RMCET (Mumbai University)

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology

  1998 — 2002

• Lamar University

  MS Computer Science, Computer Science

  2002 — 2004

• University of Mumbai

  HSC, Science

  1996 — 1998

• Childrens' Academy

  SSC

  1986 — 1996

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• C#
• Scrum
• Xml
• Test Automation
• Software Quality Assurance
• .net
• Sql
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Test Planning
• C
• C++
• Software Design
• Asp.net
• Testing
• Requirements Analysis
• Sdlc
• Web Services
• Java