Grace Gong Grace presenting at Google Developer Student Club

Grace Gong

Engineer at Microsoft Azure in Customer Reliability Engineering, working on cloud reliability at scale, AIOps, and incident response. Formerly PM on the Microsoft Fabric Data Platform, with engineering and product experience at Datadog, OTPP, GoDaddy, and Scotiabank.

Experience

Microsoft 2024 - Present
Software Engineer, Service Engineering 2026 - Present
Azure Engineering Operations (EngOps)
Cloud reliability at scale: incident response, outage management, and customer-facing technical operations for Azure services.
Product Manager, Power BI 2024 - 2026
Fabric Data Platform & Power BI, Azure Data
Shipped product features across Power BI and Fabric at 30M+ MAU scale; delivered initiatives on Azure Data Platform.
Datadog Winter 2024
Product Manager Intern Machine Learning & LLM Observability
Owned product roadmap for LLM Observability; shipped core monitoring and tracing features for production AI applications.
Software Engineer Intern Enterprise Architecture
Built internal tooling to modernize enterprise architecture systems and automate workflows.
GoDaddy Summer 2023
Software Engineer Intern Domain Auctions UI
Shipped UI features for GoDaddy Domain Auctions; built and deployed production-facing frontend components.
Microsoft Fall 2022 · Winter 2023
Program Manager Intern Finance & Compliance
Scotiabank Summer 2022
BI Engineer Intern Trade Operations
Deployed BI dashboards for Global Banking & Markets trade operations, enabling real-time analytics across trading desks.
Loblaw Summer 2021
Data Analyst Intern Specialty Health Network
UNESCO 2020 - 2022
Researcher Media & Technology
Youth180° 2019 - 2024
Founder, Executive Director Youth Leadership Non-Profit
Local Business 2014 - 2022
Business Operations Manager

Projects

Top Pick
Power BI MCP Agentic Development
Built Agentic Development in Power BI Workflow & Demo. Featured at FABCON 2026.
Power BI·MCP·Agentic AI·Azure
TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension hover
Product on the TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension with 45K+ installs.
Power BI·VS Code·TMDL·Azure
Power BI Desktop Power BI Desktop hover
Product on Power BI Desktop. Power BI has 30M+ Monthly Active Users. Presented at GHC 2025.
Power BI·Azure
Semantic Model Refresh Templates in Power BI Semantic Model Refresh Templates in Power BI hover
Product on the Fabric Data Pipelines integration in Power BI. Featured at FABCON 2025.
Power BI·Fabric·Azure
LLM Training on TPUs with JAX & vLLM
LLM Training on TPUs with JAX & vLLM 2026
Fine-tuned a domain-specific LLM on TPUs using JAX & deployed via vLLM for inference.
JAX·vLLM·TPU·LLM·Python
Deprecation of Legacy Excel & CSV Import
Product on the Excel & CSV Import experience in Power BI Service & modernization plan.
Power BI·Azure
Top Pick
ML/LLM Observability ML/LLM Observability hover
Product on Machine Learning / Large Language Model Observability.
LLM·Observability·Python·Datadog
Top Pick Deep Learning Project | RBC Borealis AI
Deep learning model for earthquake detection & research paper for RBC's Borealis AI institute.
TensorFlow·PyTorch·Azure·Nvidia
Google Cloud Skillsboost Review
PRD detailing research-driven methods to improve user engagement for GCP.
Product Management·Design·GCP
C-Horse Language
A custom programming language designed for children, featuring 'Recipe' based functions and simple syntax.
C++
RippleChat | Google Software Product Sprint
A mental health support chatbot.
Dialogflow·HTML/CSS·Javascript·Google Cloud
MLH Prep Fellowship
Real time weather application and other features built with team.
Ruby·Jekyll·React·Netlify
Eye Assist | SheHacks 'Architect Better Future'
Assistive tech app using OpenCV & eye-tracking to empower users with limited mobility.
Flutter·OpenCV·Computer Vision
SpeechAssist | 2nd Place Overall
Mobile interpretation app for the visually & hearing impaired using real-time TensorFlow.
Flutter·Tensorflow·Mobile Development
Musio | WaffleHacks Best Art & Music
Music collaboration platform using WebRTC for real-time interaction & CockroachDB for data storage.
React.js·WebRTC·Node.js·CockroachDB
Futerview | 3rd Overall & Best Use of AI
Interview prep site for marginalized communities via AI-driven feedback & accessibility features.
React·AssemblyAI·Design
Robota | 3rd Overall
Job-matching platform to assist displaced civilians in finding immediate work opportunities.
Figma·Product Management·Design
Cryptogal | Best Finance Hack
Financial analysis dashboard with real-time insights & data visualization for crypto trends.
Python·Pandas·APIs
Care Connect | Best Accessibility Hack
Service-matching platform connecting users with local non-profits via location and category filtering.
PostgreSQL·Express·React·Node.js
F3stival | Best Domain Name
Exploring the metaverse through a specialized concert platform built on the DeSo protocol.
Design·Web Development·React
Moodji | Best Domain Name
Mental health tracker that identifies emotional patterns and provides actionable wellness tips.
Dart·Ruby
mEco | Equity & Sustainability
iOS platform routing users to local businesses & offering sustainability tools for entrepreneurs.
iOS / Swift·Google Maps API
PinkRibbons | Girls in Tech
Mobile application improving access to breast cancer preventive care specifically for women of color.
Java·Android
Northstar | Hack it together
Personalized discovery engine for finding curated books, movies, and music recommendations.
React·Google Cloud·APIs
Youth180 | Non-Profit Community
Website for my non-profit dedicated to youth empowerment & community resources.
HTML/CSS·Javascript·Google Cloud Platform
First Lego League | Trash Trek
First Lego League | Trash Trek 2016
Built a LEGO robotics project with my team to tackle e-waste reduction for the First Lego League Trash Trek season.
Robotics·LEGO Mindstorms·Engineering·Sustainability
Junior Solar Car Competition
Designed and built a solar-powered miniature vehicle for the annual Junior Solar Car Competition.
Hardware·Solar Energy·Engineering
Speaking & Events
WiML Symposium at ICML 2026 Poster
July 2026 · Seoul, South Korea
Accepted poster abstract at the Women in Machine Learning workshop co-located with ICML 2026.
Grace Hopper Celebration 2025 Speaker
Nov 2025 · Chicago, IL
Presented on Power BI and Microsoft Fabric with Copilot.
HackCon 2024 Speaker
Aug 2024 · New York, NY
MLH's annual hackathon organizer conference. Presented on building inclusive hacker communities.
Grace Hopper Celebration 2026 Speaker
2026 · Anaheim, CA
Session on Intro to Venture Capital.
Microsoft Student Ambassadors Speaker
Apr 2026 · Online
Presented on Intro to Power BI, Fabric Data Platform & Copilot.
Data & AI Communities of Practice Speaker
Mar 2025 · Online
Presented on Data Modeling & Refresh with Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines & Power BI.
GitHub Universe 2023 Panelist
Nov 2023 · San Francisco, CA
GitHub Campus Experts panelist.
Google Cloud Speaker Series Panelist
Apr 2023 · Online
Panelist on developing your career in tech.