Santosh Soundararajan

Senior Firmware Engineer @Microsoft

Bengaluru, IN

Leading a team of 4 engineers responsible for firmware validation at the cluster level for first-party server CPU and GPU- Designed and developed multi-AI agentic frameworks for end-to-end validation (test authoring, monitoring, anomaly detection), achieving a 91.5% efficiency improvement (tasks reduced from 1 hour to 5 minutes)- Uncovered several critical bugs in firmware update flows, preventing potential fleet-wide issues and saving significant costs for Azure- Created stringent test plans that identified critical issues before deployment, ensuring high-quality releases- Expert in ADO pipelines, Azure core services, Kusto database, KQL, and Azure OpenAI Foundry services- Architected and built complex systems from scratch and proficient in managing large codebases- Strong individual contributor with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions at scale.

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree