I'm Veena Kumari — 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 — with a track record of setting technical direction across teams, mentoring engineers, and modernizing infrastructure to cut cost and latency.
- 🔭 I'm currently working on the Microsoft Teams client platform — performance, reliability, and large-scale telemetry — plus LLM-integrated features that bring AI into everyday collaboration.
- 🌱 I'm currently learning applied AI engineering and agentic LLM workflows — recently earned the GitHub Copilot certification (GH-300).
- 👯 I'm looking to collaborate on distributed systems, developer-productivity tooling, and AI-enabled applications.
- 🤔 I'm looking for help with growing the open-source side of my work and connecting with the Vancouver engineering community.
- 💬 Ask me about system design, distributed systems, cloud architecture (Azure & AWS), client platform performance, telemetry at scale, and cross-team technical leadership.
- 📫 How to reach me: LinkedIn
- 😄 Pronouns: She/Her
- ⚡ Fun fact: My path has run from research labs to investment banks to Big Tech across multiple countries — and I'm still as curious about the next hard problem as on day one.
🏅 Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert · Azure Developer Associate · AWS Solutions Architect Associate · GitHub Copilot (GH-300) · Oracle Java SE
📍 Vancouver, BC · Always up for a good conversation about systems, scale — let's connect