Chris Anderson
VP Of Software Engineering at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Anderson is a seasoned software engineering leader with over two decades of experience building UI platforms, developer tools, and multimedia experiences across Microsoft and Meta. Currently VP of Software Engineering at Microsoft, he has architected and shipped large-scale systems in C++, Java, C#, and JavaScript while leading globally distributed teams and cross-product initiatives. His career highlights include shaping XAML/Avalon, WinJS, and Windows media/photo experiences, and later driving AR/VR and AI programmability work in Meta Reality Labs and gaming. A practiced public speaker who has presented to audiences up to 8,000, Chris combines deep hands-on engineering with people-first leadership that emphasizes learning, fun, and work/life balance. Based in Redmond, he channels a long-standing passion for photography and videography into building photo and video experiences and even contributes to Unreal Engine work through PrismaticStudios. Colleagues know him for turning complex platform problems into practical, widely adopted solutions while keeping engineering culture inclusive and sustainable.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) at Everett Community College
English
Github Skills (17)
bitly4
parser3
rtx3
java2
serialization2
raytracing2
storage2
volume-rendering2
json2
ray2
nvidia2
arangodb2
windows1
vulkan1
webassembly1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CasperTheCat/D3D11Wrapper
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:33 commits, 4 PRs, 26 pushes in 2 years 11 months
ProcGenTeam/TerrainEngine
Aug 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 12 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
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