MOUNTAINVIEW, CA (TIP): Tragedy struck Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus earlier this month when Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old Indian American software engineer, was found dead in the early hours of August 20.

According to Mountain View police, Pandey badged into the office on the evening of August 19 and was discovered unresponsive around 2 a.m. the next morning. Authorities confirmed there were no signs of foul play, and the case is not being treated as criminal. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s office said the official cause of death is still under investigation, though initial assessments suggest a possible heart attack.

Pandey, who hailed from Indore, India, came to the United States about a decade ago. He earned master’s degrees from San Jose State University and California State University and worked with companies like Apple, Illumina, and Walmart Labs before joining Microsoft in 2020. At Microsoft, he worked on Fabric and Synapse, two of the company’s key data analytics platforms.

Family members and friends described Pandey as a hardworking professional who often worked late nights to meet the demands of multiple projects. His relatives have urged tech companies to pay closer attention to employee well-being and to discourage overwork. “If someone notices a worker logging late-night hours, an intervention could save a life,” one family member said. A viewing service was held on August 29 in Fremont, California, before his remains were sent back to India for final rites.