J Swesey
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJ Swesey is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable ecommerce, business, and entertainment web applications, currently at Microsoft in Bozeman, Montana. He blends hands-on frontend craftsmanship—highlighted by his Yammer/Microsoft frontend focus—with product-minded UX sensibilities honed at IMDb and Amazon. Comfortable shipping polished features that “surprise and delight,” he has moved between individual contributor and engineering manager roles, bringing both deep technical skills and team-level delivery leadership. An entrepreneur at heart, he ran his own shop (Emergination) for years, which informs his practical, user-centered approach to solving complex problems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
Github Skills (139)
ui-components10
testing10
typescript-definitions10
component-library10
google-maps10
office-ui-fabric10
javascript10
react-components10
html10
angular10
typescript10
dts10
vue10
yammer10
svelte10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/YamUI
Jul 2017 - Nov 2018
Reusable component framework for Yammer.com
Contributions:4 releases, 155 commits, 249 PRs in 1 year 4 months
yammercomponent-frameworkreusablereusable-component
swese44/office-ui-fabric-react
Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
React components for building experiences for Office and Office 365.
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
reactoffice-365experiencesreact-componentsfor-office
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