# Mihir Iyer

> Software Engineer at Ascend

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mihiriyer

Backend engineer who thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys seeing the impact of my work. I take pride in creating reliable, extendable, long-lasting solutions to challenging problems.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Ascend
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Kikoff
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, CA
Working on using containers for application running in Azure to reduce operating system overhead, with an ultimate goal of improving performance and reducing costs.

### Software Development Intern @ Mozilla
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, California
Designed and implemented new features in Firefox centered around CSS Flexbox along with corresponding tests.

### Software Development Intern @ Apple
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Cupertino, CA
Defined and implemented an event logging framework in C++ which allows for a user defined hierarchy of event streams. Created a post processing script to allow for easy visualization of the event data.

### Software Development Intern @ SpaceX
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Vandenberg, CA
Camera control application for one stop monitoring utilizing multiple camera models. 
Servo drive controller program to support launch systems automation. 
Contingency video rerouting program.

### Software Development Intern @ AudioEverywhere
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Saratoga, CA
Wrote code utilizing UPnP/SSDP and HTTP to discover and interrogate other devices as part of a new product feature.

### Testing Intern @ AudioEverywhere
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

### Content Operations @ Gooru
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Saratoga High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/iyermihir

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Last updated: 2026-03-29