Elaine Houha
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElaine Houha is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with eight years of experience building Windows network security features, including work on Windows Firewall and the Windows Filtering Platform. A University of Illinois computer engineering graduate, she progressed from internships and support roles into impactful engineering positions, notably creating an offline debugging tool during a Microsoft SWE internship. Based in Redmond, she blends deep systems-level expertise with practical troubleshooting chops and a history of front-end work from early internships. Beyond engineering, she leads in community organizations—serving as Director of Expansion for Alpha Omega Epsilon and Vice President of the Stray Threads Quilt Guild—demonstrating strong organizational and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Oak Park and River Forest High SchoolUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Japanese
Github Skills (25)
microsoft10
windows10
wdk10
desktop10
driver10
visual-studio10
windows-driver10
wake-on-lan8
internals8
windows-server6
documentation5
powershell5
networking5
codeql5
sdn5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
houha2/Windows-driver-samples
Apr 2020 - Apr 2025
This repo contains driver samples prepared for use with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). It contains both Universal Windows Driver and desktop-only driver samples.
Contributions:1 PR, 31 pushes, 10 branches in 4 years 11 months
driversmicrosoft-visual-studiowindows-driverwindowswdk
houha2/Windows-Driver-Developer-Supplemental-Tools
Oct 2023 - Jun 2024
Supplemental open-source components for use in developing device drivers for Windows.
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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