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Kashif Alam

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Engineering Manager at Microsoft
📍 Kirkland, Washington, United States

Kashif Alam is a seasoned Engineering GM at Microsoft with over 25 years of experience leading cloud transformation and AI innovation. He specializes in driving large-scale platform adoption with enterprise customers across numerous industries. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Outside of his core role, Kashif is deeply passionate about the evolution of AI. He actively explores and shares his experiences with various AI models, including those from competitors, and stays current by reading advanced books on AI engineering.

He publicly shares his experiences using competitor AI tools like Googles Gemini and Anthropics Claude while being a senior leader at Microsoft.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Engineering Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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AI Coding Agents
He is actively investigating and assessing the impact of AI coding agents on software engineering productivity and code quality within his teams.
Enterprise Cloud Solutions
His career has focused on driving Azure adoption for strategic customers in verticals like manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and financial services.
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Career

Work history

12-2019
Engineering Manager
Microsoft
7-2012 - 12-2019
Director of Evangelism
Microsoft
7-2009 - 6-2012
Architect
Microsoft
9-2001 - 6-2009
Software Engineering / Program Management
Microsoft
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Education
1994 - 1998
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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Springdales School
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