James Christianson
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJames Christianson is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 11 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver cloud-native web and serverless platforms. He progressed through individual contributor roles on Azure App Service, Functions, and Linux Web Apps into senior management, demonstrating deep product and platform expertise across the Azure hosting stack. Based in Redmond, he combines hands-on engineering chops with people leadership, shepherding complex infrastructure projects from design through production. Early research and teaching roles at Boston University reflect a strong foundation in algorithms, sensors, and biometric data capture, signaling an appetite for applied research and mentoring. Colleagues would describe him as an operator who balances pragmatic delivery with architectural vision for scalable, reliable cloud services.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Boston University
English
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Github Skills (26)
azure-webjobs-sdk10
azure-functions10
swagger10
api10
rest10
webjobs10
azure10
rest-api10
openapi10
microsoft9
command-line-interface9
migration9
azure-cli9
microsoft-azure9
migration-tool9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Hamster-Huey/azure-rest-api-specs
Feb 2019 - Feb 2024
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
apispecificationsrestmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
Azure-App-Service/ruby
Feb 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:83 commits, 2 PRs, 82 pushes in 3 months
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