Jinlin Xu
Principal Software Engineer Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJinlin Xu is a Principal Software Engineer Manager at Microsoft with over a decade of experience building full-stack systems, big data platforms, and antitrust solutions. He has progressed through engineering and senior technical roles at Microsoft since 2011, blending hands-on coding, automation, and release engineering with team leadership. Known for pragmatic automation—evidenced by contributions to the OfficeDev office-js-docs deployment scripts—he improves developer workflows and documentation delivery. Jinlin combines deep platform engineering expertise with product-facing responsibilities, driving scalable data and compliance-related solutions. Based in Redmond, he brings a background in computer software engineering from Nankai University and a track record of iterative, script-driven problem solving that reduces operational friction.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Nankai University
Github Skills (11)
cd10
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automation10
script10
automations10
batchfile10
deployment-automation10
cicd10
office-addin8
mustache6
github5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OfficeDev/office-js-docs
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
[ARCHIVED] Microsoft Office Add-ins API Reference Documentation
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jinlin primarily focused on automating the build and deployment process for the Microsoft Office Add-ins API Reference Documentation. Their work involved creating and modifying a `deploy.cmd` script to publish documentation and manage the copying of images. The commits showcase the user's iterative approach to refining the automation script, addressing issues with GitHub links and image copying. This indicates expertise in scripting and deployment workflows.
apiopenxmlpowershellmicrosoft-officeadd-ins
OfficeDev/Incident-Management-Teams-Provisioning
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Incident Management Teams Provisioning
Contributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 month
provisioningincident-managementincident-response
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