Alexander Schmidt
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Schmidt is a Principal Software Engineering Manager and OS researcher with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, bringing over a decade of deep expertise in kernels, dynamic tracing, binary rewriting, and secure virtualization. Based in Redmond, he leads teams building foundational hardware security and Confidential Compute capabilities for Azure Managed HSM and Key Vault, translating low-level OS research into production cloud security services. His background includes contributing to the Windows Research Kernel and designing advanced analysis tools (Phoenix) that bridge academic OS research with teaching and practical diagnostics. Known for improving monitoring and tracing on Windows platforms, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on leadership to deliver highly secure, reliable infrastructure. An uncommon strength is his ability to move innovations from kernel-level prototypes into large-scale Azure security products.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Hasso-Plattner-InstituteMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Technische Universität Chemnitz
German
Github Skills (18)
microsoft10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
api10
rest10
rest-api10
azure10
openapi10
docker-image9
azure-storage9
azure-app-service9
azurite8
blob-storage8
azure-blob-storage7
storage6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
docschmidt/azure-rest-api-specs
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:14 pushes, 5 branches in 7 months
apispecificationsrestmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
Azure/azure-rest-api-specs
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:12 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 9 months
apicloudspecificationsrestmicrosoft-azure
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