I'm Veena Kumari β Software engineer architecting cloud-native, distributed, and high-performance systems at global scale. Owned core workstreams of the Classic-to-New Microsoft Teams client migration (300M+ monthly active users); built financial data platforms at Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan; led engineering teams from concept to production. Deep in distributed systems, system design, performance, and AI-enabled development β with a track record of setting technical direction across teams, mentoring engineers, and modernizing infrastructure to cut cost and latency.
- π I'm currently working on the Microsoft Teams client platform β performance, reliability, and large-scale telemetry β plus LLM-integrated features that bring AI into everyday collaboration.
- π± I'm currently learning applied AI engineering and agentic LLM workflows β recently earned the GitHub Copilot certification (GH-300).
- π― I'm looking to collaborate on distributed systems, developer-productivity tooling, and AI-enabled applications.
- π€ I'm looking for help with growing the open-source side of my work and connecting with the Vancouver engineering community.
- π¬ Ask me about system design, distributed systems, cloud architecture (Azure & AWS), client platform performance, telemetry at scale, and cross-team technical leadership.
- π« How to reach me: LinkedIn
- π Pronouns: She/Her
- β‘ Fun fact: My path has run from research labs to investment banks to Big Tech across multiple countries β and I'm still as curious about the next hard problem as on day one.
π Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Β· Azure Developer Associate Β· AWS Solutions Architect Associate Β· GitHub Copilot (GH-300) Β· Oracle Java SE
π Vancouver, BC Β· Always up for a good conversation about systems, scale β let's connect