Adina Shanholtz
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdina Shanholtz is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building cross-platform systems at Microsoft, currently contributing to Azure Virtual Desktop and previously shaping cloud genomics tooling for Microsoft Research’s Health Futures team. Her background spans low-level Windows client and kernel work, C++ browser UI and accessibility features, Spring Boot/Java microservices, and developer-facing technical evangelism focused on game dev, VR/MR, and IoT. She combines product development, incubation, and consulting instincts with public speaking and community-building skills honed through conferences, meetups, and technical content creation. A proactive diversity and inclusion leader, she founded and scaled LGBTQ+ groups within Edge and at VP level and regularly interviewed and mentored candidates for her org. Outside engineering she brings a maker’s curiosity—working on games, fiber arts, and circus—that informs a creative, systems-oriented problem-solving style.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science; East Asian Studies, Bachelor's degree Computer Science; East Asian Studies at Oberlin CollegeJapanese Studies, Japanese Studies at Kansai Gaidai University
Hebrew, Japanese, English
Github Skills (97)
windows10
genomics10
javascript10
linux10
js10
rocket10
macos10
nodejs10
packed10
cromwell10
rendering9
api9
azure9
cml9
azure-machine-learning9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ashanhol/FruitWarriorMR
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
ashanhol/LUISMR
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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