Jared

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Jared Parsons is a seasoned Microsoft engineering leader with over a decade of experience shaping compilers, languages, and developer tools, currently managing .NET Tools and serving on the C# language team. He combines deep technical craftsmanship—pursuing correct, maintainable, and readable code—with leadership that guides language design, IDE services, and tooling across large-scale developer experiences. His background includes leading C# systems programming work on Midori, where he focused on type-safe systems and modern error models, and hands-on contributions to compiler, debugger, and IDE components. Jared has practical open-source testing experience, including integrating GoogleTest and porting unit tests for the high-profile microsoft/WinObjC project. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings a systems-oriented perspective to developer productivity, emphasizing correctness and testability in complex codebases. Colleagues rely on him to translate rigorous language and tooling principles into pragmatic, maintainable solutions.

11 years of coding experience

Github Skills (6)

unit-testing10

objective-c10

googletest10

test-automation10

cprogramming-language9

c-language9

Programming languages (4)

C#C++CObjective-C

Github contributions (5)

microsoft/WinObjC

Sep 2015 - Apr 2017

Objective-C for Windows

Role in this project:

Test Automation Engineer

Contributions:139 commits, 124 PRs, 70 pushes in 1 year 7 months

Contributions summary:Jared's commits primarily focused on integrating GoogleTest into the `microsoft/winobjc` repository, along with porting and testing unit tests for Objective-C for Windows. The user's work involved adding GoogleTest headers, adapting existing unit tests, and ensuring the test suite's functionality. The user appears to be responsible for verifying and validating the codebase through unit testing.

objective-cwindows

jaredhms/WinObjC

Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

Contributions:54 pushes, 111 branches in 6 months

objective-cwindows

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