Elena Quijano
Senior Technical Writer at Yubico
California, United States
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Top SchoolElena Quijano is a Senior Technical Writer based in California with five years of professional experience translating complex engineering and AI systems into clear, user-focused documentation. She has led developer documentation and content strategy for products at Microsoft and Yubico, including Azure Percept edge AI tooling, and is skilled at producing Markdown-based docs, managing GitHub workflows, and triaging issues. Her background as an engineer—working on neural-network benchmarks, embedded vision pilots, and wearable control systems—lets her bridge deep technical detail and practical user guidance across hardware and software domains. As a freelancer she authored a complete operations manual for a novel submersible robot, demonstrating an ability to synthesize multidisciplinary inputs from scientists and engineers. Known for rapid onboarding to new style guides and tight release schedules, she combines research-driven rigor (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering) with hands-on prototyping experience to make complex systems accessible.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics at Wellesley CollegeMaster of Science (MS) Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Mechanical Engineering at Boston University
Github Skills (4)
azure10
microsoft-azure9
microsoft9
linux7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/Azure-Percept-Private-Preview
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021
Project Santa Cruz private preview program
Contributions:11 reviews, 65 PRs, 238 pushes in 6 months
linuxcruzsanta
elqu20/azure-docs
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
microsoft-azureazuremicrosoftwebview2
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