Neil Sachdeva
Software Engineer at Microsoft
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNikhil Sachdeva is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience shipping AI and enterprise software and over 19 years at Microsoft, where he bridges research and product to accelerate time-to-production for emerging technologies. As Head of Technical Program Management for Microsoft Research Americas, he oversees cross-lab portfolios and builds strategic partnerships that translate MSR innovations like GraphRAG, Aurora, and AgentInstruct into production systems for regulated industries. He led the technical delivery for the $3.5B Microsoft–LSEG partnership, driving executive relationships, multi-team coordination, and the partnership’s first AI product into production. Hands-on and technically fluent, he architects multi-agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and MCP-based tooling while staying current with OpenAI and Anthropic models—a practitioner who has worked with LLMs since BERT and GPT-2. He combines deep engineering chops with product and customer-facing experience, and shares learnings via AppliedContext.ai and open-source agent patterns. Notably, he codified delivery patterns into reusable engineering playbooks adopted across dozens of engagements, helping customers move from experimentation to ethical, production-grade AI.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree, Deep Learning, Nanodegree, Deep Learning at UdacityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Yale UniversityPine Crest SchoolSummer Course, Client Side Internet Technology, Summer Course, Client Side Internet Technology at Stanford University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (46)
microsoft10
microsoft-azure10
sdk10
rest10
azure10
agile10
docker9
azure-sdk-for-go9
product-management9
golang9
agile-development9
drift9
graphql8
go8
azure-deployment8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
niksacdev/samples.iot.simulator
Mar 2017 - Aug 2019
.NET Core Sample to perform operations on Azure IoT Hub
Contributions:35 commits, 11 pushes in 2 years 5 months
dotnetiot-hubvertical-slice-architectureazure-iotnet-core
niksacdev/samples.microservice
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:29 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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