Anne Thompson
Principal Software Engineer, Azure SDK at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAnne Thompson is a Principal Software Engineer and developer-tools leader based in Seattle, currently tech lead for the Azure SDK core .NET libraries, including Azure.Core (over 1.5B NuGet downloads) and the new System.ClientModel. She combines deep research-era experience in AI platforms and multimodal systems from Microsoft Research with pragmatic cloud SDK design, having shipped first versions of several Azure client packages and driven patterns via the Azure SDK Blog. Anne’s work spans low-level client modeling, analyzers for ClientOptions, and nuanced features like sync-token header support—illustrating attention to both developer ergonomics and protocol correctness. A longtime contributor to the azure-sdk-for-net repo, she pairs production-grade engineering with mentoring and cross-team leadership, and has a background that uniquely blends robotics, AI research, and large-scale cloud client engineering.
7 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science Robotics, M.S. Computer Science Robotics at Dartmouth CollegeHigh School
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Github Skills (15)
api10
csharp10
apidoc10
api-design10
dotnet-core10
netframework10
azure-keyvault9
unit-testing8
adal6
windows6
nuget6
azure6
azure-form-recognizer6
azure-devops6
tfs6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3745 reviews, 262 commits, 1203 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Anne contributed to the development of client libraries for the Azure SDK for .NET. Their work involved applying analyzers for ClientOptions, specifically to the Azure Key Vault and Azure App Configuration client libraries, including SecretClientOptions, KeyClientOptions, CertificateClientOptions, and ConfigurationClientOptions. They also implemented features related to supporting and utilizing the sync-token header. The contributions involved creating new code, modifying existing files, and testing the behavior and functionalities within the repository.
azureazure-sdkdotnetmicrosoftc-sharp
annelo-msft/azure-sdk-tools
Jul 2019 - Mar 2024
Tools repository leveraged by the Azure SDK team.
Contributions:34 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 8 months
azure-functionsrepository-toolssdkazure-sdkazure
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