Darren Rich
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolDarren Rich is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience architecting and diagnosing large-scale distributed systems at Microsoft, focused on cloud performance, observability, and high‑volume data pipelines. He combines deep expertise in OpenTelemetry, KQL analytics, and synthetic load/chaos engineering to help customers maximize value from cloud investments while keeping production systems resilient. Darren has a long history of performance engineering leadership, moving from hands‑on testing and JMeter-based load generation to driving cross-team architecture and automation across Azure services. His background spans developer support, SQL/SharePoint projects, and project management, giving him a rare blend of customer-facing consulting and low-level systems troubleshooting. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he is passionate about probing infrastructure in realistic conditions to uncover systemic weaknesses before they impact users. Colleagues know him for turning complex telemetry into actionable clarity that improves reliability at scale.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BBA Computer Information Systems, BBA Computer Information Systems at Boise State University
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Github Skills (19)
azure10
microsoft9
microsoft-azure9
ui-testing9
windows-application7
test-automation6
appium6
mocking6
data-access-layer6
connections6
unit-testing6
adobe-experience-manager5
windows5
spfx4
sharepoint4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ShadowPic/PublicTestProjects
Dec 2014 - Dec 2022
Contributions:6 reviews, 321 commits, 77 PRs in 8 years 1 month
Azure-Samples/applicationinsights-java-profiler-demo
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
Application Insights Java Profiler Demo
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 6 months
adobe-experience-managerapplication-insightsaemjavainsights
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