Swapnil Kasaliwal

About Swapnil Kasaliwal

Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience specializing in database internals, query optimization, and distributed storage systems. I focus on designing scalable, fault-tolerant architectures and delivering high-performance solutions for enterprise-scale environments.At Microsoft Azure SQL Hyperscale, I contribute to the development of the PageServer component—a distributed storage engine responsible for managing persistent data efficiently and reliably. My work spans resource optimization, corruption detection and mitigation, and reducing operational costs, with a strong emphasis on system reliability and data consistency across distributed environments.Previously at SAP Labs, I worked on the internals of SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) and SAP HANA, contributing to performance improvements in query execution. My work included developing precomputed result sets, optimizing partition-aware query execution, and enhancing core database functionality.With a proven track record of solving complex technical challenges, I am passionate about advancing database and storage technologies, driving innovation in distributed systems, and building resilient, performant data infrastructure to support modern applications.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   May 2020 — Present

Education

• Pune Institute of Computer Technology

  Bachelor's Degree

  2006 — 2010

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Master's Degree

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Matlab
• Sql
• Linux
• Hibernate
• Haskell
• Django
• Data Structures
• Eclipse
• Unix
• Functional Programming
• Javascript
• Core Java
• Mysql
• C++
• Databases
• C
• Programming
• Jsp
• Machine Learning
• Web Services
• Java
• Algorithms
• Servlets
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Smart Grid
• Html