Igor O is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 10+ years building enterprise web applications and developer-facing tooling, currently shaping Azure API Management’s developer portal at Microsoft. He combines strong problem-solving and UX-focused design thinking with hands-on full‑stack delivery—TypeScript/JavaScript frontends (Angular, Knockout) and C#/ASP.NET backends—while driving performance and architecture improvements. As co‑founder of Paperbits he brings an entrepreneurial mindset to drag‑and‑drop content tooling, blending product intuition with engineering discipline. His open-source contributions include UI and API experience enhancements to Microsoft’s widely used Azure developer portal, reflecting a focus on real user workflows. Based in Kirkland, WA, he is known for quickly learning new technologies and championing best practices, Agile methods, and quality standards.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics
Developer portal provided by the Azure API Management service.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:1 release, 181 reviews, 190 commits in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Igor primarily focused on improving the functionality and user interface of the developer portal. Their work involved fixing navigation issues within the API list widget, enhancing the display of operation details, and adding support for both new and existing features. Additionally, the user implemented improvements to the API console and updated the user profile by focusing on ensuring a better user experience. The changes touched upon both frontend and backend aspects of the portal.
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Igor O - Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft