Jesse Natalie
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Natalie is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with over a decade of experience building and hardening graphics and system-level software, primarily on Direct3D and Windows. He has driven OS-level support for hybrid graphics and contributed deep platform expertise to DirectX 12, including precise header and compatibility fixes used by the broader graphics ecosystem. At Microsoft he progressed from SDE to principal engineer, balancing feature delivery with low-level compatibility and tooling improvements. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved widely used projects like the Meson build system and PresentMon—adding ARM64, Visual Studio integration, and accurate Present() timing metrics for Windows graphics profiling. Colleagues rely on him for solving subtle cross-compiler and GPU/OS interaction bugs that impact developer workflows and performance analysis. Trained in game-focused computer science at RPI, he brings a gamer’s attention to frame timing and systems-level rigor to platform engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS Game Design Computer Science, BS Game Design Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (21)
c-language10
python10
wp-api10
etw10
build-system10
winapi10
header-files10
performance-analysis10
direct3d10
mesonbuild10
ws-api10
cprogramming-language10
trace10
directx10
multithreading9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/DirectX-Headers
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
Official DirectX headers available under an open source license
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 100 reviews, 71 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jesse made several contributions to the DirectX header files repository. These contributions involved updating and correcting definitions, such as the LUID definition in winadapter.h, and adding missing header files like d3d12compatibility.h, D3DCommon.idl, and others. The user's work focused on ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the DirectX header files, primarily for DirectX 12. This also included adding new GUIDS and updating d3dx12.h and the project in general to match the DirectX Agility SDK.
wsldirectx12d3d12directxheaders
GameTechDev/PresentMon
Mar 2016 - Sep 2021
Capture and analyze the high-level performance characteristics of graphics applications on Windows.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 62 commits, 20 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jesse contributed to the `gametechdev/presentmon` repository, a tool for capturing and analyzing graphics application performance on Windows. Their work focused on adding metrics for capturing the time spent in the Present() API to calculate CPU time, which required modifications to both the core `PresentMon.cpp` and `PresentMonEtw.cpp` files. They also added infrastructure for fullscreen presents, and improved the accuracy of frame time and CPU time calculations.
eventspresentationwindowsframeetw
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