Carlos Zamora
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlos Zamora is a Software Engineer II in Seattle with a decade of experience building accessible, developer-focused tooling and distributed systems. At Microsoft he has driven accessibility improvements across Windows Terminal, Adaptive Cards, and PowerToys, authored hundreds of automated accessibility tests, and shipped open-source PowerShell and Command Prompt helpers. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Dapr, adding core runtime features and OpenTelemetry tracing, showing strong backend and runtime-operational skills. Comfortable across C#, C++, and system-level APIs, he blends product-oriented engineering with advocacy—serving as an Accessibility Champion who coordinates cross-team remediation and compliance. Collected academic training (BS/MS Computer Science) and hands-on roles from firmware UI to CT-scanner testing give him a pragmatic, systems-first approach to reliability and user inclusion.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer and Information Sciences General, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer and Information Sciences General at Case Western Reserve University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
opentelemetry10
http10
go10
api10
apidoc10
microservices-application9
microservices9
container8
kubernetes8
kubernetes-pods8
testing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dapr/dapr
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 13 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Carlos contributed to the core functionality of the Dapr runtime, focusing on adding components to the metadata endpoint and fixing several issues related to HTTP request parameter handling. Their work included implementing new middleware, unescaping request parameters, and incorporating tracing using OpenTelemetry. These changes involved modifying core API files, testing infrastructure, and runtime configurations, demonstrating a solid understanding of the project's architecture and operational aspects.
sidecarserverlessruntimeevent-drivenmicroservice
juazasan/akslab
Jul 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
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