Trent McFarlane
Software Engineer
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Trent McFarlane
Forward-deployed AI engineer and architect focused on rapidly turning ambiguous ideas…
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
May 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Led and mentored a 15-person engineering team, delivering six AI-driven product initiatives aligned with Microsoft’s strategic goals, improving user engagement by 30%.• Co-created Skill Plan Assist, an AI-powered skilling recommendation engine that increased training program ROI by 25%. Led frontend dev in React + Fluent UI from Figma designs, and delivered v1 to 50+ Microsoft Training PMs supporting enterprise users. Built C#.NET APIs using CQRS, integrating Microsoft Sales data with complex permissioning and caching. Co-developed Python-based model training pipelines, refreshing daily on Microsoft Learn data to ensure accuracy.• Developed SalesCoach AI Agent using Azure OpenAI, RAG, and summarization to simulate realistic sales calls with speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and virtual agents. Led full-stack dev: React + Fluent UI dashboard, MS Teams–style chat interface, C# APIs, and Python RAG services.• Created LLM AccuCheck, a TypeScript + Express.js API for validating AI-generated educational content. Boosted accuracy by 40%, increased customer trust, and enabled platform adoption and patent filing.• Built Microsoft Learner AI Assist (now MS Learn Copilot), a real-time AI chatbot using web sockets and Fluent UI. Collaborated closely with designers working in Figma to translate concepts into production-ready interfaces, with design learnings that influenced the Microsoft Copilot UX strategy.• Introduced a Cookbook for Container-based Workflows, driving adoption across 4 teams and saving over $1M in Azure spend.• Reduced critical security incidents by 80% during Microsoft Blizzard and other nation-state attacks by addressing vulnerabilities and aligning with evolving secure development practices.
Education
Central Washington University
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
2010 — 2015
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