About
Harsh Bhuwania
I build the systems behind the cloud.
From firmware to the fleet
I'm a senior software engineer at Microsoft, working at the intersection of software, hardware, and cloud infrastructure. My focus is keeping the systems behind AI and cloud computing reliable in the real world, from the firmware on a machine to the tools engineers use to understand an entire fleet.
I started in firmware at Cisco. The scale has changed, but the questions that draw me in haven't: how does this system really work, why did it fail, and how do we make it more dependable? I like following a problem across layers rather than stopping at the boundary of a job title.
Outside my day-to-day work, I build tools and experiment with practical AI. I'm most interested in applications that reduce repetitive work, make debugging easier, or turn a complicated workflow into something people can actually use.
Based in San Jose, CA · M.S. in Electrical Engineering, USC
How I approach engineering
- Operational reality over presentations
- I value solutions that are measurable, practical, and dependable when someone actually has to operate them.
- Fix root causes, not symptoms
- I'd rather understand why a problem keeps happening than build another workaround that leaves the next person guessing.
- Write things down
- Good documentation and clear decisions let a team move forward without needing the same conversation twice.
Beyond work
Away from the screen, I'm usually reading fiction or nonfiction, taking a long walk with a podcast, or following a match. A good book, a close game, and a fresh pair of eyes after a walk all have a place here.