Jishen Li
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJishen Li is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems for cloud and large-scale consumer services. At Microsoft he contributes to Azure CLI and authentication libraries (notably MSAL for Python), focusing on bug fixes, usability improvements, and DevOps-friendly changes that enhance developer and cross-platform experiences like WSL browser support. Previously he built distributed backend systems for Amazon’s Subscribe & Save, designing and implementing features for high-throughput subscription lifecycles. Trained in electronic and computer engineering, he blends low-level systems thinking with pragmatic API and tooling improvements, and frequently improves open-source project reliability and developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), electronic engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), electronic engineering at Sichuan UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (13)
rest-api10
azure10
microsoft-azure10
back-end-development10
python10
azure-cli10
git8
devops8
github8
wsl28
testing7
cicd6
bash4
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-cli
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Azure Command-Line Interface
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2428 reviews, 575 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jishen's contributions primarily involved fixing bugs and implementing updates to the Azure CLI. The user addressed issues related to the Azure Active Directory (AAD) application management and access controls within the `azure-cli` repository. Their work involved changes in the backend custom modules, specifically in the role and keyvault, where they addressed issues like deleting network rules and updating user properties. This indicates a focus on back-end development, specifically related to cloud services and API interactions.
command-line-interfacecloudazurecommand-lineazure-cli
AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Python makes it easy to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID. General docs are available here https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/msal/python/ Stable APIs are documented here https://msal-python.readthedocs.io. Questions can be asked on www.stackoverflow.com with tag "msal" + "python".
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:108 reviews, 5 commits, 8 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Jishen primarily contributed to the Microsoft Authentication Library for Python, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements to the core functionalities. Their work includes passing keyword arguments to existing methods, correcting typos in documentation, and supporting browser launching in WSL Ubuntu 18.04. The user also improved the codebase by fixing a type hint. These changes indicate a focus on improving the library's reliability and usability.
pythonmsal-pythonmicrosoft-authenticationmicrosoft-authentication-libraryoffice365
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