Eric Hamilton
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Bothell, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Hamilton is a Principal Software Engineering Manager with over two decades of experience building and leading ISV product development across desktop, mobile, and cloud platforms, now shaping social experiences across the Xbox ecosystem at Microsoft. He combines hands‑on systems and API design skills—covering multi-threaded, cross-process, and performance-tuned components—with formal SDLC discipline, continuous integration, and test-driven practices. A repeat promoter and team builder, he defines product roadmaps, mentors engineers, and drives cross‑team partner integrations while improving processes and tooling. He also contributes to prominent open-source tooling, notably enhancing the microsoft/vscode-react-native extension to modernize TypeScript support and cross‑version compatibility—an example of his practical focus on developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Portland State University
English
Github Skills (14)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
react-native10
vscode10
typescript-types10
c-extension9
extension-methods9
debug9
extension-functions9
sem9
debugging9
npm8
expo7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vscode-react-native
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
VSCode extension for React Native - supports debugging and editor integration
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on enhancing the VSCode extension for React Native. They implemented native TypeScript support, ensuring the extension correctly utilized the installed TypeScript version and addressed previous manual modifications. Additionally, they worked on integrating and configuring workspace settings related to TypeScript for improved intellisense. The user also contributed to build and test infrastructure, ensuring the project maintained compatibility across different VSCode versions.
reactreact-nativevscodevscode-extensiondebugging
hamiltonia/Notepads
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.
Contributions:9 PRs, 14 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
electronminimalistminimalist-designcross-platformtext-editor
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