Adrian Bonar
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAdrian Bonar is a Principal Software Engineer based in Seattle with over 15 years of hands-on experience building secure, large-scale systems and AI platforms at Microsoft. He has led backend and platform migrations, reduced infrastructure costs by over 50%, holds a patent in secure IoT updates, and now focuses on Core AI, engineering standards, and responsible AI for Copilot. Adrian blends deep systems and research roots—from early work on Cortana-related devices and lightweight distributed task automation to Cloud and Azure services—with practical product delivery. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel, implementing core skills for OpenAPI integrations, showing a knack for bridging cutting-edge LLM tech with robust engineering. Colleagues describe him as mission-driven toward social impact through technology and unusually comfortable navigating both low-level kernels and modern AI stacks.
6 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computing and Software Systems, Bachelor of Science Computing and Software Systems at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS Audio Engineering/Digital Audio Engineering, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS Audio Engineering/Digital Audio Engineering at Shoreline Community College
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Github Skills (11)
json-parser10
json10
jsonp10
parsing10
csharp10
openapi10
dotnet-core10
ai9
unit-testing9
sdk8
llm7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/semantic-kernel
Mar 2023 - Aug 2023
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 577 reviews, 401 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Adrian implemented a `JsonPathSkill` for parsing results from OpenAPI calls, adding functionality to retrieve JSON element values and collections using JsonPath queries. The skill leverages the Newtonsoft.Json library for JsonPath parsing due to the lack of support in System.Text.Json. The changes include the addition of a new C# file and a unit test file for verifying the implemented functionality within the Semantic Kernel framework. These changes enhance the core capabilities of the Semantic Kernel for integrating with OpenAPI-based services.
aiartificial-intelligencellmopenaisdk
microsoft/conversational-speaker
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:75 commits, 5 PRs, 19 pushes in 5 months
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