Jie Tong is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience in platform and AI infrastructure at Microsoft, now serving as VP Engineering, Platform. He has progressed through technical and managerial roles—from SDE to Partner Group Engineering Manager for AI Platform—building scalable data and AI systems that power large-scale products. Based in Issaquah, he combines deep software engineering roots (MS in Software Engineering, BS in Computer Science) with strategic leadership across shared data, search ads delivery, and Azure AI-focused initiatives. Jie is known for translating research-grade AI capabilities into production-ready platforms that accelerate developer productivity and customer outcomes. Less obvious: his career demonstrates sustained internal mobility and cross-domain impact within one enterprise, signaling strong organizational influence and stakeholder alignment. He brings a pragmatic mix of hands-on technical judgment and program-level execution to complex cloud and AI platform challenges.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
硕士 计算机软件工程, 硕士 计算机软件工程 at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
学士 计算机科学, 学士 计算机科学 at University of Science and Technology of China
Build high-quality LLM apps - from prototyping, testing to production deployment and monitoring.
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