Rohit Singh

About Rohit Singh

20+ Years Leading High-Performance Teams: Seasoned engineering leader with over two decades of experience spearheading software development teams in creating large-scale, high-performance distributed systems.Exemplary Engineering Management: Directing a 10-member engineering team, I\'ve overseen the creation and management of mission-critical cloud services, achieving an impressive P99 reliability score of 99.7%. These services seamlessly connect Skype and Microsoft Teams, adeptly handling around 70 million daily real-time communication requests.Hands-On Guidance and Collaboration: As a hands-on manager, I actively engage in code and design reviews, providing valuable technical insights, and efficiently addressing team concerns and cross-group dependencies. This proactive involvement enhances service health and operational efficiency.Project Virtuoso Success: Orchestrated the planning, execution, and delivery of 12 major features for Project Virtuoso, leading 11 agile scrum teams in a fast-paced environment to meet critical business needs.Startup-Style Engineering Excellence: Proficiently established and managed expansive engineering teams exceeding 100+, implementing effective engineering processes including CI/CD, driving continuous value in a startup-style environment.Agile-Scrum Champion: Skillfully introduced agile-scrum methodologies, integrating story point estimations that significantly improved project delivery predictability and minimized setbacks within extensive teams.Enhanced Application Availability: Elevating application availability from 98% to an impressive 99.2%, I strategically designed Cloud services and orchestrated seamless migration of on-premises dependencies to Azure PaaS.Global Solution Architect at Microsoft, UK: Expanded my international reach while collaborating with Microsoft in the UK, engaging directly with European customers as a solution architect. Recognition with the Growth Engine award underscores my proficiency in solution selling and expanding Microsoft\'s consulting business in Europe.Technical Versatility: Proficiently skilled in C#.NET, ASP.NET, and a wide spectrum of database technologies in both SQL and No-SQL domains.Mastering Cloud and DevOps Technologies: Hands-on experience with Docker containers, Azure Kubernetes, Azure DevOps (CI/CD), and cloud computing further enhances my technological prowess.

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Oct 2019 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   25 years of experience leading high-performance engineering teams to deliver at global scale. Currently a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, I lead teams responsible for mission-critical gateway services powering Microsoft Teams — one of the world’s largest collaboration platforms with 320M+ monthly active users.Core Services & Scale> Interop Gateways (HE):~20M monthly requests enabling real-time calling, messaging, and presence between Skype and Teams.> Teams Admin Gateways (TAG):~120M daily requests across admin scenarios, serving as the central gateway for enterprises and governments.Key Achievements> Hybrid Edge Transformation: Decoupled 1B+ Teams users from legacy SfBO infra, delivering $20M+ annual cost savings while improving scalability and reliability.> Cloud Modernization: Migrated core services to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), saving $400K annually and aligning global teams across Redmond, Prague, and Suzhou.> Operational Excellence: Automated 300+ cert renewals, deployed geo-redundant Azure Key Vault, and boosted reliability from 99.7% → 99.9% while cutting deployment times from 4 hours to 30 minutes.> Customer Trust: Introduced % rollout and audience-based deployments in gov cloud, reducing high-severity incidents from 15–20/month → Enterprise-Scale Leadership: Directed 100+ engineers across 11 Scrum teams, driving business-critical features with predictable velocity and a culture of engineering excellence.Earlier, as a Solution Architect in Microsoft UK, I partnered with CXOs at UN, Nokia, and Ericsson, earning the Growth Engine Award and Gold Star Award for building trust and delivering innovation. I’m passionate about solving cloud-scale problems, transforming legacy systems into modern, resilient platforms, and building high-trust, high-impact teams that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Education

• The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

  B.Sc, Physics

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Visual Studio
• Asp.net
• Mongodb
• C#
• .net
• Software Project Management
• Uml
• Visual Basic
• Docker
• Enterprise Architecture
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
• Web Applications
• Testing
• Sharepoint
• Soa
• Devops
• Microsoft Azure
• Software Development
• Wpf
• Xml
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Pre-Sales
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Linux Server
• Windows Azure
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Tfs
• Silverlight
• Wcf
• Agile Methodologies
• Web Services
• Agile Project Management
• Microsoft Technologies
• Architecture