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Akshay Rohilla

Microsoft Aspire🎓 | 👨‍💻 Software Engineer (Azure Migration/Copilot)💻 | Agentic AI | AI Enthusiast🚀| Tech Speaker | OpenSource Contributor

Chandigarh

7+ years of work experience

Microsoft
Aug 20233 yrs 1 moPresent

Remote

- Lead the design and deployment of AI agents and Copilot capabilities for Azure Migrate, bridging LLM research with enterprise-grade production systems. - Build and optimize RAG pipelines, embeddings, and prompt-tuning strategies to improve model behavior, robustness, and contextual accuracy. - Architect infrastructure for safe, scalable AI feature rollout, enabling rapid iteration and high reliability across Azure environments. - Open-sourced Azure Migrate Explore + AI and contributed tools to Azure MCP, fostering both internal collaboration and community engagement. - Influence technical strategy through internal talks, knowledge sharing, and architectural planning on MCP and advanced AI integrations. - Partner across teams to translate research insights into actionable, high-impact enterprise solutions.
Microsoft
Jun 20221 yr 3 mosAug 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Joined the Azure Development team as a Software Engineer, with a focus on Azure Migrate, Movere, and Azure Automation. • Spearheaded efforts to streamline the build and release process on Azure DevOps, resulting in a significant reduction in the time required to deploy new versions of services through the implementation of a 1-Click Deployment solution. • Set up staging and production environments for a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI-CD) workflow using Azure DevOps and GitHub. • Designed and implemented an alerting and ticketing system for application failure and outages.
Microsoft
Aug 20192 yrs 11 mosJun 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Provided exceptional support to customers on Azure DevOps services, Azure Lab Services, and Dev Test Labs, effectively troubleshooting and diagnosing a wide range of technical issues to accurately resolve them. • Captured requirements, scoped, prioritized, and resolved customer issues, collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders for case and ticket resolutions, prioritizing work and meeting deadlines. • Collaborated with the Product Team daily to deliver the best customer experience, reporting bugs, and providing product feedback. • Conducted technical triages and knowledge sharing sessions, contributing to team development and growth.
Microsoft
Apr 20193 mosJun 2019

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Akshay’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
github copilot
github copilot
mcp
mcp
obsidian
obsidian
ollama
ollama
openai
openai

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Postgraduate Diploma, Business Analytics

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20231 yr2024
CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), CSE

CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

Microsoft Aspire🎓 | 👨‍💻 Software Engineer (Azure Migration/Copilot)💻 | Agentic AI | AI Enthusiast🚀| Tech Speaker | OpenSource Contributor

About

I’m a Software Engineer II on the Azure Migration team at Microsoft, building AI-driven agents and systems that transform how businesses migrate to the cloud. My work spans RAG pipelines, embeddings, prompt tuning, and scalable infrastructure, bridging advanced LLM research with production-grade enterprise solutions. Passionate about AI behavior, robustness, and controllability, I focus on turning experimentation into actionable, high-impact solutions that improve productivity, efficiency, and scalability. I also contribute to open-source projects like Azure MCP, Azure Migrate Explore + AI and influence technical strategy through cross-team collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Location

Chandigarh

AI stack

claude code

github copilot

mcp

obsidian

ollama

openai

Work experience

Software Engineer II (Azure Migration/Copilot) at Microsoft, Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, Remote, - Lead the design and deployment of AI agents and Copilot capabilities for Azure Migrate, bridging LLM research with enterprise-grade production systems. - Build and optimize RAG pipelines, embeddings, and prompt-tuning strategies to improve model behavior, robustness, and contextual accuracy. - Architect infrastructure for safe, scalable AI feature rollout, enabling rapid iteration and high reliability across Azure environments. - Open-sourced Azure Migrate Explore + AI and contributed tools to Azure MCP, fostering both internal collaboration and community engagement. - Influence technical strategy through internal talks, knowledge sharing, and architectural planning on MCP and advanced AI integrations. - Partner across teams to translate research insights into actionable, high-impact enterprise solutions.

Software Engineer (Azure Core - Compute) at Microsoft, Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Joined the Azure Development team as a Software Engineer, with a focus on Azure Migrate, Movere, and Azure Automation. • Spearheaded efforts to streamline the build and release process on Azure DevOps, resulting in a significant reduction in the time required to deploy new versions of services through the implementation of a 1-Click Deployment solution. • Set up staging and production environments for a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI-CD) workflow using Azure DevOps and GitHub. • Designed and implemented an alerting and ticketing system for application failure and outages.

Developer Support Engineer (Azure DevOps | Azure Lab Services) at Microsoft, Aug 2019 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Provided exceptional support to customers on Azure DevOps services, Azure Lab Services, and Dev Test Labs, effectively troubleshooting and diagnosing a wide range of technical issues to accurately resolve them. • Captured requirements, scoped, prioritized, and resolved customer issues, collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders for case and ticket resolutions, prioritizing work and meeting deadlines. • Collaborated with the Product Team daily to deliver the best customer experience, reporting bugs, and providing product feedback. • Conducted technical triages and knowledge sharing sessions, contributing to team development and growth.

Support Engineer Intern at Microsoft, Apr 2019 - Jun 2019 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Postgraduate Diploma, Business Analytics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), CSE, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY