Software Engineer II - Level 61 Redmond, WA (August 2022 - Present)

• Drove cross-functional support for the Azure Sphere Embedded Device Team at Microsoft - Developed and productionized a robust Python module for asynchronous communication with Azure Sphere devices, enabling non-blocking CLI and socket-based testing workflows.
• This module, now adopted by the Azure Sphere Team and leverages asyncio patterns for resource safety and reliability, includes comprehensive test coverage, and has replaced synchronous testing patterns, resulting in fewer test failures.
• Mentored a junior engineer and onboarded them to support these efforts, successfully leading them to complete a migration of the Azure Sphere Visual Studio Extension, including establishing new CI/CD pipelines and writing unit tests.
• Led the development of the integration of various Valgrind features within Visual Studio for Remote Linux Development while mentoring a junior engineer.
• Designed and implemented integrated Valgrind diagnostic support in Visual Studio's Remote Linux tooling by parsing Valgrind XML output.
• Engineered robust error extraction, UI surfacing, and actionable suggestions for C++ memory diagnostics, used by internal and external developers.
• Designed sub-tasks for the junior engineer working on this project to contribute the Valgrind improvements.
• Led the launch of key features for the VS Code C++ Extension, driving end-to-end development and cross team collaboration.
• Developed the "Add Missing Include" Code Action for C++ IntelliSense.
• Added support for Markdown in C++ Doxygen comments.
• Developed a new compiler acquisition system and created a tutorial video to promote it. This video has over 500k views on the official VS Code YouTube channel (search: "Installing MinGW to build C++ Code on Windows by Visual Studio Code").
• Resolved over 100 user issues, including bugs and feature requests.