Vaibhav Kumar

About Vaibhav Kumar

With over 15 years of experience in the industry, I am a systems engineer with deep expertise in building scalable, high-performance infrastructure for AI and cloud computing. Currently, I work on the development of system software for MAIA, Microsoft’s custom AI accelerator, contributing to the creation of a next-generation AI supercomputer aimed at transforming inferencing and training workloads on Azure.Previously, I was part of the Azure Networking team, where I designed and implemented distributed regional services that automated the provisioning of networking resources for Virtual Machines and containers, ensuring seamless and reliable connectivity at cloud scale. This experience provided me with a practical and forward-looking perspective on evaluating technologies and solutions within the AI space.

Experience

1. Principal Software Development Engineer

   Microsoft

   Sep 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Azure AI Infrastructure Building System Software Stack for AI accelerator -I am working on a host-level Azure component that manages lifecycle of Microsoft’s first-partyAI accelerators during VM provisioning, enabling customers to create MAIA SKU VM for running AI inference workload. Also working on providing infrastructure to enable development of MCCL, a high-performance collective communication library.

Education

• Stony Brook University

  Master's degree

• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

Skills

• Software Development
• Python
• C
• Linux
• Clearcase
• Operating Systems
• C++
• Algorithms
• Oop
• Core Java
• Debugging
• Data Structures