Summary
Cristian Garay is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable products at Microsoft, currently focused on M365 Core and Substrate Intelligence. He blends software development, data engineering, and product-minded UX research—skills sharpened by a Master’s at UC Berkeley and hands-on projects like a geo‑location music discovery iOS app. Earlier roles range from project management in banking to building high-throughput financial web platforms, giving him a rare end-to-end view of product life cycles from requirements and risk-sensitive systems to analytics. Comfortable in Python, C++, cloud data stacks and production services, he leverages research and engineering to model human behavior and improve product decisions. Based in Sunnyvale, he pairs enterprise-scale engineering with a curiosity for user-centered design and measurable impact.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Information Management and Systems, Information Technology, Master of Information Management and Systems, Information Technology at UC Berkeley School of Information
Certificate in Social Psychology, Social Psychology, Certificate in Social Psychology, Social Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Spanish, English