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Siddarth S.

Commander · DISC type D
Software Engineer at Microsoft
📍 Redmond, Washington, United States

Siddarth is a Software Engineer at Microsoft on the Power BI AI team, specializing in AI/ML, data science, and software engineering. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has certifications in LangChain and Quantization. People who have worked with him describe him as dedicated and exceptional.

Outside of his core role, Siddarth demonstrates a passion for leadership and mentorship, having served as a Project Lead at the UMass Data Science Club and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. He is interested in advancing his knowledge and sharing it with others in the data science community.

Unique fact: Siddarth was a recipient of the Peoples Choice Award at the global TikTok TechJam 2024 for an innovative AI music generation project.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Software Engineer
Job Level
Junior
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Personality Overview

How Siddarth shows up

Decisive
Strong-Willed
Candid & Clear

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Priorities

Topics Siddarth cares about

Efficient LLM Inference
Conducted research during a graduate externship at Cisco focusing on optimizing large language model inference at scale.
Distributed Databases
His graduate research at UMass Amherst involved finding performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities in distributed vector databases.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Software Engineer
Microsoft
2-2025 - 5-2025
Graduate Researcher Extern
Cisco
1-2025 - 5-2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Massachusetts Amherst
9-2024 - 1-2025
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Massachusetts Amherst
6-2024 - 1-2025
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the press

Media appearances

Collaborators: Prompt engineering with Siddharth Suri and David Holtz. Featured in Microsoft Research Podcast
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Education
9-2023 - 5-2025
Master's degree
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2016 - 2020
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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