J Wang
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJ Wang is a Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft with a decade of experience building cross-platform SDKs that power Voice Assistant, Search, and Copilot features across Outlook, Teams, Windows, and web. He works across C/C++, JNI, Objective-C, Swift and WebAssembly to deliver production-ready, accessible experiences for millions of users, collaborating closely with designers and PMs. His background includes contributions to high-profile open-source infrastructure—fixing stability and import-edge cases in HashiCorp’s Terraform Azure provider—demonstrating attention to reliability and iterative debugging. A Carnegie Mellon MS graduate with prior research and autonomous-vehicle internship experience (NASA Ames, TuSimple), he blends rigorous engineering with curiosity-driven problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Information Technology, 3.67/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology, 3.67/4.0 at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 86.50/100, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 86.50/100 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, wu chinese, English
Github Skills (15)
azure-resource-manager10
opentofu10
terraformer10
infrastructure-as-code10
error-handling10
azure10
debug10
debugging10
go10
microsoft-azure10
cloud-computing10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
aac9
automated-tests8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
Terraform provider for Azure Resource Manager
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 5 PRs, 63 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:J primarily focused on resolving import issues and improving error messages related to the `azurerm_local_network_gateway` resource. They addressed plugin crashes by validating parameters and corrected documentation examples. Furthermore, the user made subsequent reverts and fixes to the same resource, indicating iterative debugging and issue resolution. Their work was centered on enhancing the stability and usability of the Terraform provider.
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hashicorp/terraform
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 6 PRs, 17 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:J primarily focused on fixing bugs related to the import functionality of the `azurerm_local_network_gateway` resource within the Azure provider. Their contributions involved modifying the code to handle missing parameters and improve error messages, specifically addressing a crash related to improper ID parameter usage. The user's work corrected documentation and included testing. The user also reverted some of their changes, and then updated the test to include the scenario, showing an active role in this area.
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