Yogita Garud

About Yogita Garud

Passionate about technology. Focused. Results-driven. Enjoy solving challenging problems.Adept at catching details. Proficient at learning new technologies.Strong believer in team collaboration and progress.Love to meet new people and make connections.

Experience

1. Software Engineer Ii

   Microsoft

   Jul 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Owned architecture and delivery of large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems within Azure Compute, supporting high-availability, high-throughput workloads at global scale.Drove cloud platform strategy by designing and implementing cloud-native architectures that improved compute efficiency, resource utilization, and operational resilience across services.Led end-to-end service ownership spanning system design, engineering standards, deployment pipelines, live-site operations, and incident response—balancing reliability, velocity, and cost.Influenced technical direction and roadmap decisions by evaluating emerging compute technologies and translating them into platform-level improvements aligned with Azure’s business priorities.Partnered cross-functionally with product, architecture, and platform teams to align engineering execution with customer needs, business objectives, and long-term scalability goals.Elevated engineering maturity through CI/CD automation, observability frameworks, and cost-optimization initiatives—reducing operational overhead while accelerating release cycles.Mentored and developed engineers, shaping design thinking, decision-making quality, and architectural judgment through reviews and technical forums.

Education

• COEP Technological University

  Engineer’s Degree, Computer Engineering

  2008 — 2012

• Oregon State University

  Master’s Degree, Computer Science

  2016

Skills

• Html
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Sql
• Linux
• C
• Javascript
• C++
• Algorithms
• Software Development
• Python
• Html5
• Java
• Cobol