Ian Davies

Principal Software Engineer @Microsoft

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Full-stack engineer with broad product and infrastructure experience, focused on cloud-native systems and developer experience. Specializing in Kubernetes, observability, security, infrastructure as code, Go, TypeScript, and applied generative AI.

Experience

  • Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    AKS Networking Team

  • Founding Software Engineer at avante
    Dec 2023 - Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Applied Generative AI within the self-funded insurance vertical

  • Principal Software Engineer at Truveta
    Apr 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    App experiences and platform engineering

  • Software Engineer at Formidable
    Oct 2020 - Apr 2021 · 7 mos

    Provided enterprise backend and cloud infrastructure consulting services

  • KenSci (Seattle, Washington, United States)
    • Principal Software Engineer
      Jul 2020 - Oct 2020 · 4 mos

      Liaison between engineering and emerging business for machine learning platform

    • Software Development Manager
      Apr 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Multidisciplinary manager of seven and cloud architect for machine learning platform

    • Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer
      Feb 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Served as the lead developer for machine learning platform