Cesar聽Cortes
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
United States
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Top SchoolCesar Cortes is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with nine years of experience architecting compiler and systems-level software, currently focused on quantum computing and the Q# compiler. He combines a strong academic foundation in physics (MS, University of Washington) and computer engineering with hands-on expertise improving compilation performance, diagnostics, and tooling. At Microsoft he progressed from Software Engineer to Principal, driving optimizations, event tracing, and performance-data pipelines that make quantum program compilation more reliable and measurable. An active contributor to the widely used microsoft/qsharp-compiler, he brings a rare blend of low-level systems thinking and practical developer ergonomics to cutting-edge quantum software.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Physics, Master of Science - MS Physics at University of WashingtonBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Tecnol贸gico de Monterrey
Github Skills (5)
compiler-design10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
json8
quantum-computing7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/qsharp-compiler
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Q# compiler, command line tool, and Q# language server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:385 reviews, 237 commits, 106 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Cesar's contributions center on enhancing the Q# compiler, specifically focusing on performance measurements and optimization. They implemented features for tracking compilation events, including data gathering, warning display, and writing performance data to files. Further, the user worked on fixing bugs and integrating new functionalities related to the Q# compiler. The changes suggest an understanding of compilation processes and a focus on improving the tool's performance and usability.
command-line-toolqdkqsharpcompilerquantum-development-kit
cesarzc/uw-master-in-physics-project
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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