Ritikesh Vali

About Ritikesh Vali

Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure Core with 2+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance distributed systems and backend infrastructure that powers enterprise-scale applications. Graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi, specializing in system design, microservices architecture, and cloud-native development.What I build : End-to-end distributed backend services, RESTful APIs, microservices architectures, event-driven systems, and data processing pipelines at scale. Experience spans from designing and developing greenfield projects to optimizing production systems serving enterprise customers.Architected and built microservices infrastructure from ground up using C# and.NET Core with Azure integrationEngineered data pipeline automation using Apache Spark and PySpark for enterprise-scale datasets, optimizing systems to reduce API latency with 99%+ reliabilityMaintained 99.9% uptime through monitoring systems with alerting, reduced production incidentsTech stack: C#.NET Core, Python, C++, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, ReactJS, Azure (Data Factory, Functions, Service Bus, Event Hub, Synapse Analytics, Fabric), Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, SQL Server, MongoDB, RESTful APIs, MicroservicesFocus areas: Backend engineering, distributed systems design, API architecture, system design, performance optimization, data engineering, infrastructure engineering, event-driven architectures, and building products from 0 ->1.Experience across the stack: While backend-focused, I\'ve built full-stack features including customer onboarding wizards with ReactJS/TypeScript, collaborated with designers on UI/UX implementation, and delivered end-to-end features from design to production. Comfortable working across the entire software development lifecycle.Passionate about solving challenging technical problems, building reliable systems at scale, and working in high-impact environments. Previous experience includes fintech startup (INDmoney) and telecom R&D (Airtel X-Labs), giving me perspective on both startup velocity and enterprise-scale engineering.What excites me: Building products that solve real problems at scale, particularly at the intersection of distributed systems and emerging technologies. Recently completed Stanford CME 295 training on LLMs, GenAI, transformer architectures, and prompt engineering. Passionate about how modern AI capabilities, from Azure OpenAI to intelligent automation, can enhance system reliability, developer productivity, and data-driven decision making.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Jun 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Working in Azure Core Specialized team within Cloud and AI Division, building large-scale distributed backend systems and cloud infrastructure for enterprise customers.

Education

• Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2019 — 2023

• Blue Bells School International

  Student, Science: PCM with Computer Science

  2014 — 2019