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Di Lin (ζž—θΏͺ)

Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Core AI β€” AI Platform (Speech / AI Agents)

πŸ“ Redmond, Washington | πŸ“§ lindisjtu[at]gmail[dot]com | πŸ”— LinkedIn

About Me

AI/ML engineer specializing in building production AI agents and speech technologies at Microsoft. Currently tech-leading Azure Speech integration into Microsoft Foundry, a next-generation AI platform. 7+ years driving innovation in AI systems, MCP servers, developer tools, and cloud infrastructure.

Interested in collaborating on AI agents, speech technologies, or infrastructure? Reach me at lindisjtu[at]gmail[dot]com

Education

UW
University of Washington
Master of Science, COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Sep 2023 – Mar 2026
SJTU
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
Sep 2014 – Jul 2018

Experience

Sep 2022 – Present | Microsoft, Redmond WA
🎯 Microsoft Foundry Speech – Tech lead, 0β†’1 integration of Azure Speech capabilities; Speech-to-Text playground, Custom Speech finetuning
🎀 Azure Speech MCP Server – Full lifecycle development; exploration β†’ production in 2 months
πŸ€– ASTRA System – Multi-agent architecture for automated ticket handling; Semantic Kernel + AI Search integration
Jun 2018 – Aug 2022 | Microsoft, Shanghai China
πŸ”§ Teams Toolkit – Improved developer experience; Simple Auth, Bot SDK, Azure CLI integrations
πŸ“± IoT Developer Tools – VS Code extensions (868K+ installs): IoT Workbench, Arduino, IoT Plug & Play
🎨 Speech Toolkit – VS Code extension from scratch (12K+ installs)
Nov 2017 – Jun 2018 | YITU Tech, Shanghai China
Large-scale smart security system; backend services for image processing and real-time query

Technical Skills

Category Skills
Languages C++, TypeScript, C#, Python, Java
AI & ML AI Agents, MCP, Semantic Kernel, Custom Speech, Deep Learning
Cloud Azure Services, .NET Core, Node.js, Cosmos DB, Docker, CI/CD
Developer Tools VS Code Extensions, Extension Development, Tooling Design

Key Contributions

  • 🎯 Microsoft Foundry Speech – Tech lead for 0β†’1 Azure Speech integration
  • πŸ“Š Speech Insights API – Led V1β†’V2 redesign, scalability optimization
  • 🎀 Speech MCP Server – Production delivery in 2 months, cloud + local variants
  • πŸ“± Azure IoT Tools – 868K+ installations across ecosystem tools
  • 🎨 Speech Toolkit Extension – 12K+ downloads, top-rated community tool

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