Andy Kant
Principal Software Engineer (Lead Engineer), Microsoft Security Copilot
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Kant is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience leading UX-focused engineering teams and shipping security and front-end products at Microsoft and RiskIQ. He currently leads engineering for Microsoft Security Copilot after driving Defender EASM and Threat Intelligence efforts, blending deep UI architecture expertise with cloud-scale security features. A longtime front-end contributor, Andy helped evolve CanJS’s templating and live-binding behavior—work that improved rendering and data binding in a library used to simplify CRUD apps. Based in Milwaukee with regular Redmond collaboration, he pairs hands-on coding with team leadership and product-minded UX design. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex security requirements into practical, user-centered solutions.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Github Skills (7)
databinding10
javascript10
mustache10
template-engine10
front-end-development10
templating10
canjs10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
canjs/canjs
Dec 2011 - Jul 2014
Build CRUD apps in fewer lines of code.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:312 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Andy's commits primarily focus on front-end development within the canjs/canjs repository. Contributions include fixing bugs related to EJS and mustache templating, fixing incorrect parameter passing for helpers, and integrating new support for features such as functions as variables and dynamic partials within mustache templates. The user also worked on integrating live binding updates for observe lists, ensuring proper handling of array mutations within the templates. The work impacts the rendering and data binding functionalities of the library.
linesjavascriptframeworkcrudlines-of-code
andykant/nzb
Mar 2011 - Nov 2011
Contributions:31 commits in 8 months
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