AI/ML Engineer · Forward Deployed
Prasanna Nagarajan
Building AI/ML systems alongside the customers who use them at Microsoft, grounded in years of large-scale distributed systems.
About
Based in Bengaluru, India, I've spent years leading teams that build high-performance, large-scale distributed platforms — the kind where correctness, latency, and resilience are non-negotiable.
My current focus is AI/ML engineering. As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Microsoft, I work embedded with customers, designing, building, and shipping AI systems against real workloads rather than from a distance. That distributed-systems foundation shapes how I approach reliability and scale in ML.
I got here the long way. I started out as a full-stack developer, shipping web applications end to end, and spent formative years at Thoughtworks. I hold a master's degree in software systems and I'm a certified AWS Solutions Architect with several Azure certifications. When I'm not building, I'm writing. Explore my blog for notes from the field, or browse my talks.
Authored
Prompt-Driven Development Handbook
Master the art of collaborating with AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude. Learn practical techniques for AI-assisted development, from prompt engineering to building complete applications while maintaining quality and control.