Brandyn Bayes
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBrandyn Bayes is a Principal Software Engineer with seven years of experience designing and operating cloud-scale web services for Azure, known for finding elegantly simple solutions to complex distributed problems. At Microsoft he has led architecture and delivery efforts—from re-architecting secure, time-based access services and building high-performance REST APIs to automating full-stack deployments that slashed setup time from weeks to hours. He combines hands-on engineering with project management and product strategy, having acted as a de facto PM and Chief of Staff while mentoring teams and running international hackathons. His background spans client-side and backend work, HSM-backed secrets tooling, and democratizing end-to-end testing through plugin-driven engines. Based in Bellevue, WA, he also contributes to Microsoft open-source projects publicly while maintaining personal work under @brbayes, reflecting a blend of enterprise impact and community-driven development.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics (HCI), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics (HCI) at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts (AA), General Studies, Associate of Arts (AA), General Studies at Pierce College at PuyallupGraham Kapowsin High School
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Github Skills (49)
javascript10
docker10
dependabot10
pnpm10
python10
elixir10
rubygems10
dotnet10
code-security10
terraform10
elm10
java10
security10
ruby10
php10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
brbayes-msft/containers-image
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
Work with containers' images
Contributions:9 pushes, 5 branches, 6 tags in 1 month
brbayes-msft/dependabot-cli
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
A tool for testing and debugging Dependabot update jobs.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 7 days
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