Redmond, Washington

Michael Smith

Software engineer with 15+ years of experience building collaboration software, AI-powered systems, developer tooling, and full-stack applications across Microsoft and consulting environments.

Experience

2011 — Present
Jan 2017 — Present

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

  • Working on a real-time voice AI for Facilitator in Teams that’s currently in Early Access.
  • Implemented server-side and client-side service integrations for the tool-calling system so skills can retrieve data from Microsoft systems.
  • Built the app authentication layer that allows the bot to communicate securely with connected services.
  • Built the human-in-the-loop approval flow for skills that require permission before execution.
  • Served as the sole engineer responsible for Responsible AI compliance and evaluation coverage for the system.
  • Built and iterated on an evaluation framework that executes 1,000+ safety tests to validate releases and support compliance requirements.
  • Developed coverage across personal harms, hallucination and grounding quality, jailbreak attempts, prompt injection, and tool misuse scenarios.
  • Previously contributed across Teams, Mesh, and SharePoint Spaces on collaboration features, tooling, build automation, and cross-system integration.
Mar 2014 — Dec 2016

Senior Software Engineer

Affirma Consulting

Bellevue, WA

  • Served as a development lead for custom software projects.
  • Designed technical solutions, assigned work, mentored junior developers, and provided delivery estimates for sales and project planning.
  • Built applications for clients across a range of business domains and technical stacks.
Jul 2011 — Mar 2014

Software Development Consultant

Microsoft

Seattle, WA

  • Provided technical leadership and software engineering on custom application work for Fortune 500 companies.
  • Delivered solutions in close partnership with Microsoft stakeholders and enterprise customers.

Selected Projects

Microsoft Global Hackathon

Agentic Copilot

2025

Microsoft Global Hackathon

Ideated, architected, and led a hackathon project focused on agentic AI experiences, coordinating a team of 5–8 engineers and building a solution spanning C# web services and a React front end.

SiteBuilder Copilot

2024

Microsoft Global Hackathon

Led a team of 5–8 engineers on a generative AI website builder concept, creating initial scaffolding and contributing to a Python and TypeScript implementation.