Carter Tinney
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolCarter Tinney is a software engineer with 11 years of experience based in Seattle, currently building cloud and IoT tooling at Microsoft. He brings practical backend expertise in both Python and C, having contributed to Microsoft’s widely used Azure IoT SDKs—implementing SAS token and connection string handling, DPS client APIs, and realistic test coverage improvements. Early work spans SAP ABAP and UI5 web interfaces, giving him a pragmatic appreciation for both enterprise data flows and user-facing integrations. A former university TA, he pairs clear technical communication with hands-on coding, and his GitHub tagline “will code for food” belies a steady record of shipping reliable SDK features that bridge devices and cloud services.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (22)
api-rest10
pytest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
testing10
microsoft-azure10
c1110
azure-iothub10
c1710
iot10
rest-api10
azure10
sdk9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-iot-sdk-python
Dec 2017 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 releases, 271 reviews, 302 commits in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Carter's contributions focused on enhancing the functionality of the Azure IoT Device SDK for Python, specifically related to connection strings and SAS tokens. They implemented and tested code for handling SAS tokens and connection strings, including adding functionality and updating documentation. The user also made changes to test files, using realistic data to improve test coverage and maintainability.
pythonazure-iot-sdksazure-iotsdkazure-iothub
Azure/azure-iot-sdk-c
Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
A C99 SDK for connecting devices to Microsoft Azure IoT services
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & IoT Developer
Back-end Developer & IoT DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1 review, 26 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Carter implemented initial API definitions and core functionality for a DPS (Device Provisioning Service) service client. Their work involved creating and updating enrollment records and enrollment groups, as well as defining the structure of related data. They integrated the uhttp submodule and began implementing REST calls and samples, demonstrating an understanding of networking protocols within the context of the Azure IoT SDK. The user also refactored module names.
azure-iot-sdksc99azure-iotsdkserialization-library
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