Akash Pramod Kumar
Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Software engineer on Azure's networking team, building cloud infrastructure and programmable switches. Previously a researcher in neuromorphic computing and robotics at UTK. Currently exploring agentic AI tooling on the side. I gravitate toward systems programming, embedded hardware, and accessible design.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
May 2024 · Knoxville, TN
Experience
Software Engineer
Microsoft · SLB, SDN/ANS
Jul 2024 – Present · Redmond, WA
Container networking and programmable switch integration for Azure. SoC agent development, sandbox environments, and on-call reliability.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dr. Zhao Robotics Lab, UTK
Nov 2023 – Jun 2024 · Knoxville, TN
Pepper Robot development for customer service. Built Python libraries for OpenAI integration.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
TennLab, UTK
May 2023 – Nov 2023 · Knoxville, TN
Neuromorphic computing research. Spiking neural network simulation on Raspberry Pi and PiCAN hardware.
Digital Applications Intern, Developer I
Pilot Company
May 2022 – Nov 2023 · Knoxville, TN
Full-stack web and Android development. React, .NET, and Kotlin during a tech stack migration.