Summary
Vladimir Vesic is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft leading the Word layout engine with 11 years of experience building scalable, user-focused features across Word, Stream, Photos and cloud services. He combines technical leadership—managing teams of 4–8 engineers—with hands-on delivery of AI and multimodality features, including table rendering for Word Copilot and demoed Copilot capabilities showcased at Microsoft AI & Surface events. His background spans end-to-end systems from React front-ends to C# backends and multi-regional, AI-powered media services (notably speech enhancement showcased at Ignite). A committed mentor and educator, he has lectured on machine learning, run intern programs and owned hiring tests, reflecting a strong emphasis on growing people as well as product. Based in Belgrade, Vladimir brings a pragmatic growth mindset shaped by both successful launches and hard-learned lessons from stalled cross-team initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Thirteenth Belgrade High School
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering
English, Serbian