Madhav Deshpande

Software Engineer

Bothell, Washington, United States16 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Leading AI-driven productivity initiatives at Microsoft.
Expert in building digital workers for Microsoft365 Copilot.
Passionate about mentorship and workplace culture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a focus on AI-driven productivity solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Development

Other Skills

Node.jsLeadershipC++Data StructuresGraphicsAlgorithm DesignVisual StudioData VisualizationData AnalysisAlgorithmsCSoftware EngineeringObject Oriented DesignSoftware DesignDebugging

About

I work on Microsoft365 Copilot in the Office Product Group, leading the mission to build digital workers for AI assisted validation at scale across M365 products. We are pioneering innovative model-forward AI-assisted techniques for UX testing and end to end automation of products, bringing high-quality, high-reliability and high-frequency M365 Copilot features to millions of customers globally. I'm a passionate learn-it-all deeply interested in topics like leadership, AI/ML, engineering, skill development, mentorship and workplace culture.

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

16 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

16 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

9 roles

Principal Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

Architecting AI-driven productivity and agility to empower everyone to achieve 10x impact through the MSAI Office of the CTO organization.

Principal Engineering Manager

Promoted

Feb 2025 – Jan 2026 · 11 mos

Leading AI validation strategy and building digital workers for Microsoft365 Copilot

Principal Software Engineer

Feb 2023 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs

Node.jsSoftware Development

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Leading the Office Graphics Web Platform team, delivering modern editing and viewing experiences for graphical content in Microsoft 365 web apps.

Principal Software Engineer

Mar 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Office Graphics Web Platform: Creating a platform for delivering hi-fidelity graphical object editing experiences in Office Web applications.

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2015 – Feb 2020 · 5 yrs

Feb 2019 - Feb 2020: Office Graphics Web Platform - primarily worked as architect for building a unified Graphics web platform for Office Web apps
Oct 2017 - Feb 2019: Microsoft Project Services - worked on delivering the brand-new "Roadmap" services architecture and backend for the new MS Project Web app - project.microsoft.com
Apr 2016 - Oct 2017: Windows Core User Experiences - primarily worked on the new Win-10 Taskbar and Task-View switcher experiences in the Windows shell
Feb 2015 - Apr 2016: Charts in Office and Office Graphics platform