Easton Pillay
Senior Software Engineer II at Symetra
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEaston Pillay is a Senior Software Engineer II with nine years of hands-on experience building and maintaining cloud-native .NET, Python, and TypeScript applications primarily hosted on AWS. At Symetra he has driven feature work, bug fixes, and migrations—including moving production infrastructure from CloudFormation to AWS CDK and leading identity provider transitions—while mentoring peers on cloud operations and CI/CD. He contributes to notable open-source projects like Microsoft's WinGet CLI, improving installer UX, dependency handling, and multi-package progress reporting. Comfortable across backend services, front-end Angular apps, and infrastructure-as-code, he pairs pragmatic engineering with attention to operational robustness. Based in Virginia, he brings a practical security-aware background from earlier threat intelligence and IT roles, giving him a knack for shipping reliable, user-focused tooling.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Harding University
Github Skills (12)
windows10
package-manager-tool10
c-language10
package-manager10
cprogramming-language10
command-line10
apidoc9
api9
architecture8
architectures8
json7
localization6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/winget-cli
Jun 2021 - May 2022
WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:72 reviews, 24 commits, 20 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Easton made significant contributions to the WinGet CLI, focusing on enhancing its functionality and user experience. They added features like an option to select architecture during installation and progress indication for installing multiple packages. The user also implemented input validation and addressed display issues for upgrade and list commands. Furthermore, they improved the handling of dependencies and updated the codebase to work with VS 2022.
windows-package-managerwindowspackage-managercommand-linewinget
jedieaston/statr
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Check a statuspage if you are too lazy to open your browser!
Contributions:1 release, 7 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 5 months
statuspagebrowserchrome-extension
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