Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building large-scale cloud and SaaS products at Microsoft and Amazon. I specialize in React, TypeScript, Java, and cloud infrastructure, with a strong track record in frontend engineering, system reliability, and developer tooling. I've led impactful features shipped to millions of users across Azure and AWS. Currently open to freelance and contract opportunities in software development, with a focus on frontend and full-stack web projects.

Manisha Katkam

Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building large-scale cloud and SaaS products at Microsoft and Amazon. I specialize in React, TypeScript, Java, and cloud infrastructure, with a strong track record in frontend engineering, system reliability, and developer tooling. I've led impactful features shipped to millions of users across Azure and AWS. Currently open to freelance and contract opportunities in software development, with a focus on frontend and full-stack web projects.

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Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building large-scale cloud and SaaS products at Microsoft and Amazon. I specialize in React, TypeScript, Java, and cloud infrastructure, with a strong track record in frontend engineering, system reliability, and developer tooling. I’ve led impactful features shipped to millions of users across Azure and AWS. Currently open to freelance and contract opportunities in software development, with a focus on frontend and full-stack web projects.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at MICROSOFT
August 1, 2021 - July 1, 2025
Led the transition of sensitive Azure Security Advisories from a manual email-based process to a secure RBAC-protected interface; navigated breaking changes, coordinated deployment strategy and cross-functional alignment, resulting in a 95% reduction in notification latency and near real-time visibility for authorized admins. Implemented the Security Advisories - Impacted Resources feature in Azure Service Health, enforcing RBAC-based access controls and enabling customers to securely view affected resources for security advisories directly in the portal for the first time. Migrated the Azure Service Health portal UI to a modern React/TypeScript architecture, rewriting workflows and improving page load times from ~69s to <4s. Introduced tenant-level filtering via scope-based selection, closing a visibility gap between API and portal experiences. Led end-to-end migration of Azure Service Health to Portal SDKV2, reducing build overhead by 20–30%. Investigated frontend performance bottl
Software Development Engineer at AMAZON
September 1, 2019 - July 1, 2021
Led the end-to-end development of AWS License Manager’s Shared AMI feature, enabling license configuration attachments that automatically evaluate rules at EC2 instance launch, enforce compliance across accounts, and track usage for audit and cost control.
Software Development Engineer at AMAZON
September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019
Supported development of Amazon Middle Mile Transport Tech systems by delivering small feature updates, addressing operational issues, and adding missing unit tests to improve system stability and maintainability.

Education

Masters in Computer Science at University of Florida
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2018
BS in Computer Science at BHOJ REDDY ENGINEERING
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2015

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Software & Internet