Subhendu de

About Subhendu de

Precision fuels resilience; purposeful architecture shapes reliable outcomes.\"With 20+ years of experience in software engineering, I specialize in Azure-based cloud solutions, technical architecture, and modern SRE practices. As a Lead, I’ve driven critical initiatives across diverse domains including audit, risk, manufacturing, and telecom—delivering resilient, scalable platforms tailored to enterprise needs. My expertise spans building Azure based solution, along with modernizing full-stack applications using Angular, Redux, and.NET.I have significantly contributed to cloud-native enablement, strategic DevOps assessments, infrastructure planning, automated CI/CD pipelines, and improving software quality through tools like SonarQube, Resharper, Pact, and k6. My architectural input spans both structural and behavioral UML, supported by hands-on experience in stakeholder workshops, roadmap planning, and delivery governance.Recognized with multiple awards at Microsoft—including Best Project, Best Consultant, and Director’s Special Award—I’ve complemented my hands-on work with certifications like Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Fundamentals, Scrum Master, and ITIL v3. These milestones reflect a commitment to excellence, scalability, and business impact through thoughtful engineering.Whether building strategic cloud solutions or guiding teams on engineering best practices, I bring a thoughtful, principled, and delivery-focused approach grounded in real-world results—driving business outcomes through disciplined technology execution.

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Mar 2026 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   I am part of EngOps - Azure Reliability team, dedicated to ensuring Azure Data Fabric and Azure API Management services are reliable, scalable, and secure for billions of users worldwide. I play a pivotal engineering manager role in helping service teams to deliver better service outcomes. Through the tools, automations, and engineering solutions, I improve service quality, scalability, and resiliency - ultimately improving the engineering outcome, reducing the operational load on DRIs and enhancing their experience.Achievements- Reliability at Scale: Define and uphold reliability goals (SLOs), improve observability and telemetry, and build safe deployment practices- Automation First: Create reusable workflows, pipelines, and automation to prevent and remediate issues before they impact users- Engineering with Impact: Contribute directly to product code, influence architecture, and embed reliability into design- AI-Powered Operations: Use AI to detect anomalies, predict incidents, and automate operations across complex systems- Collaboration & Innovation: Work across teams, balancing pragmatism with innovation to continuously improve how Azure runs globally

Education

• Hooghly Branch Govt High School

  High School, Science

  1989 — 2001

• West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

  B.Tech, Information Technology

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Java
• Silverlight
• C#
• .net
• Agile Methodologies
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Tfs
• Microsoft Technologies
• Software Project Management
• Software Design