Narayan Thiru
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNarayan Thiru is a Senior Software Engineer based in Redmond, Washington, with 7 years of focused experience in test automation and quality engineering at Microsoft. He has progressed through roles from Software Development Engineer in Test to Senior Test Lead and now Senior Software Engineer, demonstrating deep institutional knowledge of Microsoft’s engineering and QA practices. His open-source contributions to the high-profile Azure PowerShell repository center on strengthening test infrastructure and resolving tricky issues like job ID mismatches and JSON conversion errors, improving reliability for cloud automation scenarios. Narayan blends practical test development with systems thinking, often updating configurations and test data to prevent regressions rather than just fixing symptoms. Trained originally in commerce and economics, he brings an analytical, data-minded approach to software quality that complements his hands-on technical skills. Colleagues describe him as a steady problem-solver who focuses on durable testability and maintainable automation.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.Com, Accounts, Economics, Income Tax & Banking, B.Com, Accounts, Economics, Income Tax & Banking at University of Madras
Github Skills (9)
powershell10
azure-powershell10
azure10
test-framework10
automation10
automations10
microsoft-azure10
test-automation10
testing10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-powershell
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Microsoft Azure PowerShell
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Narayan primarily focused on enhancing the testing infrastructure within the Azure PowerShell repository. Their contributions involved creating and modifying test scenarios, specifically for Runbook, Job, and JobOutput functionalities. They addressed issues related to job ID mismatches and JSON conversion errors, indicating a focus on improving test reliability and stability. They also updated test configurations and added test data.
microsoft-azurepowershellazuremicrosoft-azure-powershellarm
NarayanThiru/azure-rest-api-specs
May 2021 - Sep 2022
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:38 pushes, 2 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 4 months
apispecificationsrestmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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