Software Engineer II • Microsoft

Hi, I’m Anni Kumari.

I build secure, scalable backend systems and cloud-native services. I care deeply about reliability, performance, and developer productivity.

Backend Distributed Systems Azure ARM64/ARM64EC

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A snapshot of my work, impact, and projects.

About Me

I’m a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with expertise in building secure, scalable, and high‑performance backend systems. I work across cloud-native services, CI/CD, distributed systems, and cross‑architecture enablement (ARM64/ARM64EC).

I value reliability, performance, and developer productivity — shipping meaningful system‑level improvements at scale.

                Strengths
                Backend engineering & service reliability
Performance optimization at scale
Security best practices & clean engineering

              

                Tech Focus
                Azure / Cloud-native architectures
CI/CD & developer productivity
Distributed systems foundations

              

Experience

Microsoft — Software Engineer II

Aug 2025 – Present

Impact

Improved Office Web boot latency by ~200ms for millions of users.
Re‑architected test infrastructure to achieve ~5× faster startup.

Microsoft — Software Engineer I

Aug 2022 – Aug 2025

Engineering

Reduced CI/CD pipeline time by ~60% through automation and optimization.
Led .NET Framework → .NET Core migration for improved performance and maintainability.
Enabled ARM64/ARM64EC across Office components (cross-arch readiness).