Pablo Salvador Lopez

Senior Principal Software Engineer at @Microsoft Forward Deployment Engineering • Lecturer • Advisor

Role
Senior Principal Software Engineer - Forward Deployment Engineering Team at Microsoft
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Pablo Salvador Lopez

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Microsoft’s Forward Deployment Engineering (FDE) team, I build AI-native systems alongside some of the world’s most advanced organizations, partnering deeply on high-stakes, high-complexity deployments where edge cases are the norm.My work sits at the intersection of software engineering, applied research, and production delivery always grounded in a strong ROI-driven mindset. Focus on building things that matters at scale.I can convert messy requirements into clear plans and shipped results. Always ready to lead, unblock execution, and raise engineering quality. Outside of work, I teach in Northwestern’s MSAI program and mentor builders working on applied AI. Explore my blog: https://pabloaicorner.hashnode.dev Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/pablosalvador10

Experience

  1. Senior Principal Software Engineer - Forward Deployment Engineering Team

    Microsoft

    Feb 2026 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

    Forward Deployment Engineering is Microsoft’s small, senior engineering group that works side-by-side with the most advanced customers to turn frontier ideas into production reality. We build end-to-end—across the full stack—shipping AI systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable under real constraints, and we feed those hard-earned edge cases back into the platform to shape product direction. The job is simple to describe and hard to do: take the toughest, highest-impact problems, deliver working software, and leave behind reusable patterns that raise the bar for everyone.

Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    Postgraduate Degree in Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning

  • Davis and Elkins College

    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Mathematics

    2014 — 2016

  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Software engineering and mathematics, Ingeniería de software y matematicas

    2012 — 2014

  • Rockhurst University

    Master of Science - MS, Data Science and Bussines Statistics

    2016 — 2017

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Gestión De Proyectos
  • Liderazgo
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Investigación Y Desarrollo
  • Oratoria
  • Gestión De Programas
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Redes Sociales
  • Gestión Y Motivación De Equipos
  • Html
  • Html5
  • Ingles
  • Javascript
  • Sql
  • Microsoft Sql Server

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