Christopher Highman
Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Teams
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Highman is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with a decade of experience building and scaling cloud-native systems, currently focusing on Calling, Meetings, and Devices for Microsoft Teams. He has led cross-functional teams and architecture efforts across Generative AI, advanced LLM orchestration, FinTech platforms, big data, and MLOps, blending product strategy with hands-on engineering. A proven people builder and manager, he repeatedly elevates teams to deliver resilient, auto-scaling microservices and CI/CD-driven platforms in enterprise environments. His background spans deep systems work in C++ and .NET, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and applied AI—supplemented by open-source contributions such as engagement with Apache Spark. Christopher pairs an Executive MBA and Columbia MicroMasters in AI with a history of practical security research and freelance problem-solving, reflecting a rare mix of strategic leadership and low-level troubleshooting chops. He thrives on finding unconventional paths to solve hard problems and turning experimental ideas into production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA, Executive MBA at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyAssociates of Arts General Studies, Associates of Arts General Studies at Ivy Tech Community CollegeMicroMasters Artificial Intelligence, MicroMasters Artificial Intelligence at Columbia EngineeringBachelors of Science Chemistry, Bachelors of Science Chemistry at University of Southern IndianaBachelor of Science (BS) Software Development, Bachelor of Science (BS) Software Development at Western Governors University
node.js, html5, scala, sql, php, perl, javascript, java, c#, c++
Github Skills (52)
apache-spark10
artificial-intelligence10
spark10
python10
r10
big-data10
hadoop10
apache10
jdbc10
java10
large-scale10
analytics10
scala10
llm10
scale10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cchighman/spark
Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
Apache Spark - A unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing
Contributions:3 PRs, 102 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
analyticsdata-processingapachebig-dataspark
cchighman/PriusWatchML
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 6 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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