Sidhartha Patra

About Sidhartha Patra

Engineering, to me, has always been about leveraging logic and problem-solving to simplify human life and drive smarter innovation. I vividly recall the Rubik’s cube my grandfather gifted me on my 9th birthday—a puzzle that both challenged and inspired me. That early experience taught me patience, structured thinking, and the power of innovation, as I learned to navigate its complexities and uncover countless solutions. Over time, I came to appreciate how mathematics and algorithms form the foundation for solving complex problems efficiently—breaking challenges down into manageable pieces and iterating toward the best outcomes.Today, I channel this problem-solving mindset into building safe, compliant AI systems. My work focuses on AI safety, agent compliance within Agents Cloud, compliance scoring, and generating actionable insights. I am passionate about advancing Responsible AI principles to ensure intelligent systems are not only effective but also trustworthy and aligned with evolving regulations.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Aug 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   As part of Microsoft’s Compliance and Purview Organization, I build AI-driven compliance, risk detection, and safety capabilities across enterprise workloads. I architect agentic systems, and operationalize AI governance to ensure safe, policy-aligned AI behavior at scale. I deliver core features for Communication Compliance, building AI agents and multimodal detection pipelines that analyze billions of signal, I drive Responsible AI, enterprise security, and cloud-scale distributed systems, enabling safe and compliant AI adoption.

Education

• BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  M.Sc. (Hons.), Chemistry

• Saint Paul's School

  10th and 12th, PCMB

  1997 — 2008

• BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  B.E. (Hons.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Skills

• Algorithms
• Operating Systems
• C
• Programming
• Data Structures
• Matlab
• Device Drivers
• Linux
• Sports Writing
• C++