Amelia Payne
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAmelia Payne is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with nine years’ experience building and hardening mission-critical Azure Core services that keep VMs operational and secure. She blends systems-level C++ and emerging Rust expertise to deliver high-availability, performance-critical components—recently designing a reusable Rust crate for Linux SoC agents. Known for improving incident response, onboarding secure build systems, and increasing test coverage in large legacy repos, she thrives on unglamorous but essential infrastructure work. Amelia mentors others, runs a Refactoring book club, volunteers as a cybersecurity TA, and is pursuing a master’s in computer science while rapidly learning Linux and Rust on the job. Outside engineering she’s an avid rock climber and plant/aquarium enthusiast who explores the Pacific Northwest when not in Redmond.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Game Programming , Bachelor of Science - BS Game Programming at Champlain CollegeSemester Abroad Game Technology , Semester Abroad Game Technology at Abertay UniversityHigh School Diploma Computer Software Engineering, High School Diploma Computer Software Engineering at Vermont Technical College
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Github Skills (9)
async-await6
client-server6
async6
rust5
rpc5
proto5
grpc4
azure2
metadata2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SBNovaScript/EMC
Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:34 PRs, 51 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
AmeliaRose802/lochmonsters
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Game for Networking
Contributions:6 PRs, 27 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
networkinggametraceroute
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