John Azariah is a Principal SDE at Microsoft with three decades of experience spanning desktop, internet, cloud, quantum and AI eras. He helped build early Microsoft products like Excel and Project, contributed to pioneering .NET language implementations and founded a company delivering code-generation tools before leading large-scale cloud migrations and running what was then the world's largest SQL Azure cluster at MYOB. At Microsoft he has driven services from Azure Batch and AKS to co-architecting Q#, the first quantum programming language, and now builds Copilot-enabled solutions for Azure Service Insights across APAC. He combines deep systems and language design expertise with hands-on delivery and a passion for functional programming, mentoring, and writing about software craft. An inventor on an AI-related patent and a former Azure MVP, he brings a rare mix of research-grade language/compiler work and production-grade cloud engineering. Based in Brisbane, he balances global engineering leadership with continued open sharing of ideas on his blog.
12 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
ICSE, ICSE at Baldwin Boys' High School
PUC, PCME, PUC, PCME at St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science
AB, Computer Science, Chemistry, AB, Computer Science, Chemistry at Dartmouth College
BE, Metallurgy, BE, Metallurgy at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
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