Igor Velikorossov
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolIgor Velikorossov is a Senior Software Engineer based in Sydney with over a decade of experience building backend services, automating processes, and designing APIs with a strong focus on consistency, testability and maintainability. Currently at Microsoft and long-time lead maintainer of the popular open-source Git Extensions UI, he blends enterprise-grade engineering with hands-on product stewardship and UX improvements. His contributions to core .NET repos (project-system, aspnetcore, winforms and extensions) show a knack for tackling platform interoperability, performance tuning and cross-platform test reliability. Known for pragmatic opinions and delivery-first mindset, he often surfaces subtle usability fixes that improve developer workflows and CI/CD robustness.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MEngTech, Technical Cybernetics, MEngTech, Technical Cybernetics at Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Политехнический Университет / Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical UniversityBComp, IT, BComp, IT at University of Technology Sydney
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Github Skills (35)
git10
msbuild10
testing10
net10
dotnet10
user-interface10
cross-platform10
asp-net-core10
ui-design10
xunit10
signalr10
netframework10
windows-forms10
asp-net10
uid10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/winforms
Feb 2019 - Nov 2022
Windows Forms is a .NET UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2860 reviews, 831 commits, 2250 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Igor appears to be a backend developer focused on the .NET framework. Their contributions centered around fixing bugs in the `AccessibleObject` and adding supporting code for the `ToolStripMenuItem` and other controls. They made improvements to support correct display of placeholder text, and code contributions that involved drawing and UI related elements, also involved with performance optimization within the WinForms framework.
dotnetuwpwindows-desktopwindowsui-framework
gitextensions/gitextensions
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:60 releases, 2708 reviews, 2214 commits in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Igor primarily contributed to the UI and functional aspects of the Git Extensions application. Their work involved fixing issues related to the display and functionality of the commit dialog and file history views. The user addressed layout issues, improving the user experience through better UI elements, and resolved issues with how Git repository information is displayed, particularly within the file history feature. They also improved the scripts engine functionality.
repositoriesmicrosoft-visual-studiowindowsgit-clientgitextensions
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