Joaquín Ruales is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building developer tools and web interfaces, currently working on VS Code at Microsoft after a multi-year run on Azure Notebooks and Azure DevOps. He combines strong front-end chops—evidenced by contributions to the popular nteract interactive computing project—with deep product knowledge of cloud and developer platform workflows. A Columbia-educated computer scientist with internships at Google and a math background from Oberlin, he brings both rigorous technical training and practical shipping experience. Colleagues benefit from his ability to translate complex UX needs into reliable, scalable code, and his work shows a recurring focus on improving notebook and editor user experiences at scale.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics 3-2 Engineering, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics 3-2 Engineering at Oberlin College
Contributions:9 reviews, 29 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Joaquín primarily worked on the front-end components of the nteract project, focusing on the user interface for interactive computing. They modified React components, including output display elements and the handling of output scrolling behavior. Key changes involved switching from "collapsed" to "scrolled" metadata properties, implementing an "auto" scroll mode, and adjusting the display of outputs based on these properties.
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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Joaquín Ruales - Senior Software Engineer - VS Code at Microsoft