Summary
Amy Schlesener is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years building backend web services and cloud-native microservices, currently at Microsoft after roles at Axon and Capital One. She specializes in server-side API design, Go-based backend development, automated testing, and web security, consistently delivering high-quality, production-ready systems quickly and autonomously. Known for clear technical leadership and communication, she balances deep technical dives with pragmatic architecture decisions that keep product and operational goals aligned. Based in Seattle, she brings a track record of improving reliability and efficiency across enterprise-scale systems and a habit of rapidly learning new technologies to solve knotty engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at Western Washington University
Japanese, English, Portuguese