Heidi Steen
Senior Content Developer, Azure AI Search at Microsoft
Woodinville, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolHeidi Steen is a senior content developer at Microsoft with 14 years focused on developer-facing content for data and AI products, currently authoring docs and samples for Azure AI Search. She combines deep technical writing craft—rooted in two decades at Microsoft across SQL Server BI, ML Server, and reporting—with hands-on sample development in Python and .NET, including Jupyter quickstarts that demonstrate real REST API workflows. Based in Woodinville, Washington, she bridges product, engineering, and customers to turn complex search and conversational retrieval concepts into practical, runnable guidance. Her blend of MBA-backed product sensibility and long-running technical documentation experience makes her especially skilled at producing clear, production-ready examples that accelerate developer adoption.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Business Administration, Masters, Business Administration at Seattle UniversityBachelors, Business, Bachelors, Business at Western Washington University
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Github Skills (16)
rest-api10
jupyter-notebook10
javascript10
web-development10
python10
azure-search10
azure-cognitive-search10
html9
css9
json9
bootstra8
dotnet8
net8
asp-net8
bootstrap8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Azure-Samples/azure-search-dotnet-samples
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
Azure Search .NET sample code
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 144 commits, 166 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Heidi's commits primarily involve modifications to the front-end, particularly within the context of an Azure Search application, including a web application with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Their contributions also touch upon merging changes from the master branch, indicating a role in integrating updates. Specific files modified include bootstrap-theme.css. Additionally, the user appears to be involved in quickstart project and fixing comments.
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Azure-Samples/azure-search-python-samples
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Azure Search Python sample code
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 121 commits, 192 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Heidi primarily contributed to the development of a Python quickstart guide, which demonstrates how to work with the Azure Cognitive Search service. Their main contribution was creating a Jupyter Notebook that guides users through common operations such as creating an index, uploading documents, and querying the index. This was achieved by utilizing the `requests` library to interact with the REST APIs of the Azure Search service.
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