Summary
Dalia Sheasha is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft with 11 years of experience building developer tooling and driving product initiatives that improve developer productivity. She has led feature design and delivery for Visual Studio—introducing capabilities like brace colorization and file compare—by combining user research, data-driven iteration, and close cross-functional collaboration. Previously a Java Developer Advocate at JetBrains and a technical lead at IBM, she bridges deep engineering experience (JPA/EJB, migration tooling, cloud integrations) with strong public-facing communication as a frequent conference speaker. Dalia has a track record of turning migration and modernization pain points into concrete tools and learning content that scaled to thousands of developers, and she’s known for organizing community-focused formats like a high-performing Coffee Club show. Based in the Raleigh-Durham area, she pairs a nearly perfect academic record in software engineering with hands-on mentorship and a knack for translating complex backend challenges into intuitive developer experiences.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Major: Software Engineering. Minor: Philosophy., Major: Software Engineering. Minor: Philosophy. at Iowa State University
English, Arabic, French