Ilya Yakupov is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, leading a team focused on developing a customized version of CosmosDB for Azure Core foundational services. Previously, Ilya served as Head of Software Engineering at Yandex, overseeing multiple teams and implementing significant architectural overhauls that achieved high service uptime. With a PhD in Evolutionary Computation from ITMO University, Ilya has over five years of leadership experience in optimizing team performance, aligning engineering efforts with business goals, and launching new infrastructure services. Ilya’s career reflects a commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation in software engineering.
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