Jia Liu

About Jia Liu

Engineering leader with rich experience delivering platform and product outcomes at scale, including recent leadership in Azure OpenAI and Azure Automated Machine Learning. I lead teams of data scientists and engineers and align strategy and execution across product, research, marketing, sales, leadership, and partner engineering orgs to ship production-ready AI capabilities. I specialize in operationalizing AI systems—evaluation, release readiness, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency—driving measurable improvements while maintaining a high quality, safety, and compliance bar.

Experience

1. Azure Openai Service Core Ai Principal Engineering Manager

   Microsoft

   Jan 2024 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   I lead the Model Functionality team for Azure OpenAI/Core AI, managing a team of data scientists and engineers. I drive release readiness by scaling evaluation and validation—automated testing, regression detection, clear launch criteria, and ongoing monitoring—so platform changes ship with high confidence and consistent customer outcomes. I partner closely with PM, applied science, research, marketing, sales, leadership, and cross-org engineering teams to align priorities and deliver high-quality launches while maintaining a strong safety and compliance bar.

Education

• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  Master of Science, Computer Science

Skills

• Computer Science
• C#
• .net
• Data Mining
• Testing
• Distributed Systems
• C++
• Agile Methodologies
• Win32 Api
• Machine Learning
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Software Design
• Algorithms
• Software Development
• Python
• Scrum