# Nishant Goel

> Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft | Data & AI | Azure | Microsoft Fabric

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nishantgoel

I am a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, passionate about building highly scalable, resilient, and performant systems that power business-critical workloads. With a strong foundation in distributed systems, data engineering, and cloud-native development, I thrive at the intersection of large-scale system design and hands-on engineering.

Throughout my career, I’ve architected and delivered solutions that handle petabyte-scale data for both streaming and batch processing, enhancing platform reliability and business agility. My work spans designing scalable APIs, optimizing Spark-based workflows, implementing telemetry and observability frameworks, and driving infrastructure modernization initiatives in the cloud.

Before Microsoft, I had the privilege of contributing at Tesla and eBay, where I built scalable data platforms for machine learning and real-time analytics. Early in my career at CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), I developed secure, scalable web services for the financial sector, gaining valuable experience in software development, enterprise system integration, and customer-centric solutions.

I am deeply passionate about learning, system thinking, and innovation - constantly seeking opportunities to build solutions that are not only functional but also scalable, efficient, and elegant. I firmly believe in ownership, deep diving into technical problems, and raising the bar on engineering excellence.

Core Areas:
- Large-scale distributed systems
- Big Data and Machine Learning infrastructure
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)
- Scalable API design and microservices
- Data engineering and real-time analytics
- DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow)

Technical Skills:
Languages: Scala, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript
Frameworks: Spring Boot, Django, Flask
Big Data: Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Airflow
Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, HBase
Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
Tools: Git, IntelliJ, Kibana, JIRA, Logstash

Email: nishantgoel.softeng@gmail.com

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2019 – Present
Microsoft Fabric and Azure Synapse Analytics

- Drive the architecture and platform strategy for Spark Environment Item, Library Management, and Custom Live Pools for Data Engineering workloads in Microsoft Fabric.

- Drive the end-to-end Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy for Environments, including Git integration, CI/CD automation, and Public APIs to support enterprise DevOps workflows.

- Architect security and network isolation capabilities for Environment including multi-tenant isolation, Private Link integration, and outbound access protection to ensure secure enterprise connectivity and prevent data exfiltration.

- Optimise Apache Spark runtime internals to improve startup latency, performance, reliability, and observability across Spark workloads.

- Previously enhanced Apache Hive/LLAP internals in Azure HDInsight and modernized big data services by enabling Kubernetes-based containerized deployments.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Roku Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Data Management Platform (DMP) for OTT Advertising.

### Software Engineer II @ eBay
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
ML Infrastructure for Advertising at eBay.

### Data Scientist @ Tesla
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Data Infrastructure - EV Superchargers

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ San Jose State University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, CA
Worked as a teaching assistant for the following courses in Computer Science and Computer Engineering Department
- Big Data Analytics (CS 286 | CS 185C)
- Parallel Processing (CS 159)
- Programming with NoSQL (CS 185C - 2)
- Data Structures & Algorithms(CS 146)
- Graduate Technical Writing (CMPE 294)

### Software Development Intern @ eBay
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
•   Designed and developed a Streaming Data Platform for eBay Commerce Network (ECN) to implement the data integration strategy for consuming petabytes of Ads, Traffic and Marketing data in real time
•   Worked with various teams to help architect the data model, ingestion, and aggregations to provide a powerful and seamless search capability across all kinds of data
•   Collaborated with data engineers, product managers and business people across several teams.
•   Increased efficiency and productivity within ECN by making required data available within a few seconds
•   Responsible for identifying, analyzing and resolving any issues on the platform architecture and defining optimizations for the overall stack

Technology Stack: Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, Java, Spring,  Rest API, HBase, Oracle

### Product Developer @ Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Noida Area, India
• Worked on US-based Banking Application product and was responsible for the design and development of web-based portal applications
• Developed highly scalable web services for data retrieval from Mainframes using SOAP and REST APIs
• Developed core banking modules which included Customer, Foundation, Deposits, Cards, and Loans
• Responsible for identifying, analyzing and resolving production issues across multiple integrated applications
• Automated multiple development processes like the creation of XML and HTML templates to increase the overall productivity by 30% 
• Designed an IFX Model using SoaML and UML concepts to represent web services.
• Utilized strong communication skills in knowledge sharing sessions for new team members. 

Technology Stack: Java/J2EE, JavaScript, Dojo, JQuery, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, IBM WebSphere Portal Factory, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, HTML5, CSS3, Selenium and Mainframes

### Software Engineer Intern @ Air India Limited
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
• Worked on designing the user interface of various webpages like flight status, customer support and contact details.  
• Implemented a functionality of sending Emails to the users on reservation and cancellation of tickets using Java Mail API.
• Gained technical acumen, strong interpersonal and teamwork skills while working in the real work environment.

Technology Stack: JAVA/J2EE, Struts 2.0, HTML5, CSS3, Java Mail API, MySQL.

### Software Engineer Intern @ CMC LTD
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
• Developed a desktop application using J2SE concepts like SWINGS, to provide user with an environment to perform java source code editing and compilation. 
• Reduced time and effort of the user by automating the compilation and interpretation of Java code.


## Education
### Master of Science in Computer Science
San José State University

### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nishantgoel24

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Last updated: 2026-04-12