Soraya Partow

Industry

Experience

Selected roles that inform my research perspective on deployment, reliability, and the organizational conditions under which AI systems must behave safely.

  1. Principal Software Engineer · Expedia Group

    Recent

    Technical leadership on large-scale distributed systems and ML-supported platforms, with emphasis on reliability, responsible deployment, and cross-team architecture.

    • Led architecture and reliability efforts for high-traffic, data-intensive services.
    • Drove MLOps and governance practices for safe, auditable model deployment.
    • Mentored senior engineers; set technical direction across multiple teams.
    MLOpsReliabilityResponsible AIArchitecture
  2. Senior Software Engineer · Dell EMC

    Prior

    Built cloud and storage platforms at enterprise scale, focusing on resilience, data integrity, and operational safety.

    • Designed and shipped components of cloud and storage infrastructure used by enterprise customers.
    • Worked on reliability, fault-tolerance, and observability for mission-critical services.
    CloudDistributed SystemsReliability
  3. Software Engineer · Microsoft

    Prior

    Contributed to production systems spanning platform services and developer tooling, with an emphasis on quality, testing, and safe release practices.

    • Developed production features across platform and tooling services.
    • Built testing and release safeguards that reduced regressions in customer-facing flows.
    PlatformDeveloper ToolsQuality