Axel Suárez is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building M365 Agents SDK at Microsoft within the AI & Research division. He combines a strong academic foundation—B.S. in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey and an MSc in Advanced Web Technologies from the University of Essex—with hands-on backend and DevOps work on high-profile open-source Bot Framework projects. Axel has contributed cross-framework Python bot samples and CI/build improvements to microsoft/botbuilder-python, reflecting a pragmatic focus on reliability and developer experience. Prior roles span testing and iOS feature work for a fast-growing consumer app and research on linking news to social media using Elasticsearch, showing versatility across product, research, and infrastructure. Based in Bellevue, he brings a mix of production-grade engineering and research-minded experimentation to large-scale cloud and bot platforms.
11 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Advanced Web Technologies, Merit, Master’s Degree, Advanced Web Technologies, Merit at University of Essex
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 95/100, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 95/100 at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
The Microsoft Bot Framework provides what you need to build and connect intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking, from text/sms to Skype, Slack, Office 365 mail and other popular services.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:3 releases, 50 reviews, 382 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Axel's commits primarily focus on enhancing the build process and updating dependencies within the `microsoft/botbuilder-python` repository. They introduced a variable for version control in daily builds and added Azure Pipelines badges to the documentation. Furthermore, the user updated various setup files (botbuilder-azure, botbuilder-core, botbuilder-schema, and botframework-connector) indicating efforts in dependency management.
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 releases, 12 reviews, 27 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Axel contributed to the development of echo bots using different Python web frameworks: Quart and Tornado. Their work involved creating and configuring the bot adapter, defining the bot's core logic within `EchoBot`, and handling incoming messages. The user's commits demonstrate the creation of sample bots for various frameworks, focusing on essential bot functionality using Python.
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