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Tao Chen

Software Engineer at Microsoft

I build frameworks and tools that empower developers to create agentic AI applications. Currently I'm the lead engineer and principal architect for the Microsoft Agent Framework. Previously I led Semantic Kernel to GA, developed autonomous driving algorithms at Xpeng Motors, and published reinforcement learning research at IROS 2019.

Tao Chen

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Experience & Education

Jan 2025 – Present

Microsoft Senior Software Engineer — CoreAI

Lead engineer and principal architect for the Microsoft Agent Framework. Designed agentic workflow system with Pregel-style runtime, human-in-the-loop execution, checkpoint, and end-to-end observability.

Feb 2023 – Jan 2025

Microsoft Senior Software Engineer — Office of the CTO

Led Semantic Kernel to General Availability, scaling to 170M+ monthly Azure OpenAI requests. Contributed to OpenTelemetry GenAI Semantic Conventions.

May 2022 – Feb 2023

Microsoft Software Engineer II — Mixed Reality

Built end-to-end pipeline for rapid prototyping of custom computer vision models, reducing development cycles from months to under one week.

Oct 2021 – May 2022

Xpeng Motors Software Engineer II — Prediction

Designed motion prediction algorithms for dynamic traffic environments. Deployed models to production autonomous vehicles.

Dec 2019 – Oct 2021

Xpeng Motors Software Engineer — Sensor Fusion

Developed multi-object tracking algorithms using radar-camera fusion. Achieved 150m detection range on production vehicles.

May 2018 – Dec 2019

RESL, USC Research Assistant

Led reinforcement learning research for quadrotor control. Built simulation environments and neural network pipelines for real-time flight control.

Jun 2016 – Sep 2016

Dynamics Robotics Lab, OSU Volunteer

Developed telemetry protocol for the bi-pedal robot Cassie.

Aug 2017 – May 2019

University of Southern California M.S. Computer Science — Intelligent Robotics

Best Research Award 2019

Sep 2014 – Jun 2017

Oregon State University B.S. Computer Science — Computer Systems

Honor Roll · Engineering Scholarship

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