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 (22)
github-copilot10
copilot9
prompt-engineering8
ai8
async6
coding5
rpc4
sat-solver4
rust4
grpc4
scripting-language3
proto3
theorem-proving3
datalog3
scripting3
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
AmeliaRose802/enhanced-ado-mcp
Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
Extra MCP tools to make managing your backlog a breeze
Contributions:1 release, 44 PRs, 108 pushes in 2 months
AmeliaRose802/PokePoke
Jan 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:907 pushes, 144 branches in 5 months
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