Summary
Marcia Dos Santos is a Principal Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience leading cloud, AI and edge-to-cloud transformations for enterprise customers, currently driving AI Assistant and time-series reference architectures at Microsoft in the Greater Seattle Area. She combines deep technical hands-on expertise with proven engineering management—having led an R&D organization of 70+ engineers and scaled teams to deliver mobile, IoT, web and AI solutions across industries from healthcare to agribusiness. Known for strengthening cross-functional partnerships and coaching technical careers, she builds inclusive engineering cultures and operational excellence around DevOps and observability. A long-time student of AI strategy (MIT Sloan) who has applied agentic approaches to real-world problems, she balances research-led experimentation with production-grade architecture. Less obvious: she has repeatedly moved between director and IC roles, demonstrating adaptability and a bias for shipping impactful technical solutions while shaping product roadmaps.
6 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at MIT Sloan Executive Education
Specialist Software Engineering, Specialist Software Engineering at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
English, portuguese (native)