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Dhruma P.

Engineering manager, Software engineer, Staff software engineer
United States
5.0 (1 review)
1 client
High early job offer rate
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Dhruma P.

Credits4 credits per 1h session
Engineering manager, Software engineer, Staff software engineer
United States
5.0 (1 review)
1 client
High early job offer rate
About

I’m Dhruma, a Senior Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 20+ years building cloud, AI, and platform systems across Azure, Microsoft 365, Intune, and SharePoint. I help engineers, managers, and senior leaders ace system design, coding, behavioral, and leadership interviews, navigate promotions, and transition into Staff+, Principal, and Management roles.

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Microsoft17 yrs 5 mos
Interviewer
Resume Screener
Salary Negotiator
Senior Principal Engineering Manager
Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos
Redmond, United States
Principal Engineering Manager
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022 · 3 yrs
Redmond, United States
Principal Engineering Lead
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs
Redmond, United States
Principal Engineer
Jan 2009 - Jan 2017 · 8 yrs
Redmond, United States
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Interview coaching Interview coaching

I’ve interviewed and hired 100+ candidates across my career at Microsoft, including software engineers, senior engineers, principals, and engineering managers. I have experience evaluating candidates for senior IC and leadership roles across platform, cloud, and AI teams.

I can help with behavioral, coding, system design, leadership/management, and architecture...

Resume review Resume review

Over my career at Microsoft, I’ve reviewed hundreds of resumes and hired/interviewed 100+ candidates as a hiring manager and senior engineering leader across engineering and management roles.

In this service, I help clients improve their resumes to land more interview calls by refining bullet points, strengthening positioning, tailoring...

Career coaching Career coaching

I’ve navigated multiple career transitions throughout my career—and now I help others do the same.

I started as a software engineer, grew into senior technical leadership, and later transitioned into engineering management, leading large platform and AI teams at Microsoft. Along the way, I’ve navigated promotions, leadership shifts,...

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Leadership coaching Leadership coaching

I coach engineering professionals through key leadership and career growth challenges—whether it’s ramping up in a new role, navigating complex workplace dynamics, or preparing for promotion to senior/staff/management roles. I help clients build credibility quickly, create strong 30/60/90 day plans, identify high-impact opportunities, improve stakeholder management, avoid burnout, and...

Mentorship Mentorship

I help clients build skills in system design, engineering leadership, platform architecture, AI/cloud systems, and engineering management. Together, we’ll create a personalized learning roadmap, review real-world projects and designs, and keep you accountable as you grow. I also share practical industry insights, so you focus on the skills that...

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Credits4 credits
Per 1h session