Avishek Dan — Software Engineer
I lead strategy and execution for search and grounding capabilities within Microsoft Copilot. I own end-to-end responsibility for defining priorities, setting delivery milestones, and aligning engineering execution across multiple teams and disciplines. I work closely with senior engineers, people managers, and leadership to ensure the organization delivers on ambitious goals while balancing scope, quality, and timelines in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape. Earlier in my career at Microsoft, I worked on search experiences across Bing, Visual Studio, and emerging AI-driven products. In those roles, I led cross-team planning and delivery for product launches that were strategically important, customer-facing, and competitive in nature, including first-to-market features and new platform capabilities later adopted more broadly across Microsoft’s ecosystem.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI-driven search technologies.
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Experience: 14 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
- Search Engine Ranking
- Natural Language Processing
Career Highlights
- Led strategy for Microsoft Copilot's search capabilities.
- Delivered first-to-market features across Microsoft products.
- Expert in machine learning and data mining techniques.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer (9 yrs 6 mos)
Software Engineer 2 (3 yrs 2 mos)
University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
Research Intern (2 mos)
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Teaching Assistant (1 yr 11 mos)
Queen's University Belfast
Project Intern (1 mo)
Interra Information Technologies (InterraIT)
Intern (1 mo)
Education
Master Of Technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Engineering at IIEST, Shibpur