Rohan Samanta

Software engineer at Microsoft on the Xbox platform team. I work on system-level features deep in the Xbox OS, and ship side projects that turn weird ideas into tools other people actually use.

Resume

Experience

  1. Software Engineer

    Microsoft / Xbox

    Oct 2022 – Present
    • Core platform engineering on the Xbox OS — system-level APIs and kernel-adjacent features.
    • C++ / C# across the Xbox shell and platform stack.
    C++C#Xbox OS

  2. Software Engineer Intern

    Microsoft / Xbox

    Summer 2021
    • Built the Xbox Console Store gifting feature in React Native.
    • Shipped end-to-end with React, TypeScript, and Redux.
    React NativeTypeScriptRedux
    Xbox Console Store gifting flow
    Xbox Console Store gifting flow
    Xbox Console Store gifting flow
    Xbox Console Store gifting flow
    Xbox Console Store gifting flow

  3. Explore Intern (SWE / PM)

    Microsoft / Xbox

    Summer 2020
    • Designed and built the Cast & Crew feature for the Xbox Console Store.
    • React frontend + C# service work.
    ReactC#
    Xbox Console Store Cast & Crew feature

  4. Analytical R&D Intern

    Teva Pharmaceuticals

    Summer 2019
    • Data migration and lab-equipment tooling for the analytical R&D team.
    Data migrationLab tooling

Projects

StoryTok

Automated Reddit stories → TikTok videos. TTS narration, background gameplay footage, auto-editing pipeline.

PythonFFmpegNext.js
Live demo →