Christopher Mcconnell
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Christopher Mcconnell is a software engineer with about a decade of experience building reliable systems across embedded, testing, and cloud domains. Currently a Software Engineer II at Microsoft, he is migrating a distributed key-value storage for Bing to Azure, bringing deep distributed-computing and cloud-storage expertise. Previously at Qualcomm he architected a modular automated test framework that drove 90% test coverage across multiple projects and remains in production, demonstrating impact on multi-million-dollar products. He contributes to prominent open-source Bot Framework repositories, improving LUIS integrations and back-end recognizers, reflecting strong API and integration skills. Fluent in Python, Java, C, SQL and OO design, he also has hands-on experience with Wi‑Fi protocols and large-scale automation. Practical, curious, and detail-oriented, he combines systems-level thinking with a track record of delivering scalable, auditable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Washington
Github Skills (19)
unit-testing10
javascript10
testing10
net10
dotnet10
asp-net10
sdk10
dotnet-core10
bot-framework10
nodejs10
build-process10
csharp10
documentation10
bots9
googlebot9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/botframework-sdk
Mar 2016 - Oct 2021
Bot Framework provides the most comprehensive experience for building conversation applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 13 reviews, 294 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Christopher's commits primarily focused on updating and modifying the project's documentation, suggesting a role in maintaining or improving the project's information resources. The user implemented changes related to building documentation, and removing a NuGet package dependency which indicates a focus on improving the project's build process. These changes support the overall goal of refining the project's code and maintainability, indicating that the user likely focused on back-end development.
azure-bot-servicepythonbotmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesdotnetcore
microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
Jul 2019 - Jul 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:238 reviews, 162 commits, 167 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the `microsoft/botbuilder-samples` repository by implementing and modifying test tools, adding example schemas, and making changes to the template files related to language generation. Their work involved adapting templates, including both code and documentation changes. They made improvements to file structures and test infrastructure to streamline the generation process.
botmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesjavascriptyeomanfocused
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