Dongbo Wang
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Dongbo Wang is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years at Microsoft focused on PowerShell, .NET integration, and cross-platform shell tooling. He designs and maintains core runtime and system-level features—contributing to high-profile open source projects like PowerShell and PSReadLine—while also improving build infrastructure and test automation. Comfortable across languages and runtimes (.NET, Go, CoreCLR), he’s solved low-level I/O and pipeline issues and enhanced interactive experiences such as the PowerShell kernel for .NET Interactive. A Brown CS master’s graduate with a 4.0 GPA, he combines deep engineering rigor with a passion for shells and developer productivity that shows in both production code and community-facing projects.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer science, GPA 4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer science, GPA 4.0 at Brown University
Github Skills (13)
dotnet-interactive10
asp-net10
net10
powershell10
dotnet10
csharp10
build-automation10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
jupyter9
interactive-programming8
windows7
unix6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
PowerShell/PowerShell
Jun 2016 - Jan 2023
PowerShell for every system!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:84 releases, 2079 reviews, 848 commits in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dongbo made several contributions to the PowerShell codebase, focusing on system-level functionality and the core runtime environment. They implemented code to exclude P/invoke operations for CoreCLR builds, updated project files to synchronize with NuGet packages, and modified assembly version information. Additionally, they fixed issues related to command execution and pipeline behavior, demonstrating a strong understanding of PowerShell's internal workings. They also made changes to the build process, showcasing their involvement in the project's infrastructure.
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dotnet/interactive
Jan 2020 - Sep 2020
.NET Interactive combines the power of .NET with many other languages to create notebooks, REPLs, and embedded coding experiences. Share code, explore data, write, and learn across your apps in ways you couldn't before.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 51 commits, 17 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dongbo primarily contributed to the PowerShell kernel within the .NET Interactive project. Their work focused on enhancing PowerShell integration, including incorporating utility and management modules, updating module paths, and implementing the execution policy. They also addressed input handling, including standard input, password requests, and the support for the stdin channel. The user's contributions streamlined the PowerShell integration within the interactive .NET environment.
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