Jon Cole
Principal Software Architect at Microsoft
Woodinville, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJon Cole is a Principal Software Architect with two decades of experience building frameworks, enterprise systems, and cloud-scale services at Microsoft, currently focused on Azure. He leads the team that builds and operates Azure Cache for Redis, managing massive global VM fleets with a strong emphasis on automation, self-healing, and frequent production deployments. A hands-on leader, Jon spends significant time mentoring engineers and working directly with customers to ensure successful adoption and reliability. His background spans .NET platform work (WCF, ASP.NET) through deep involvement in Azure services, blending low-level networking and diagnostics with large-scale distributed system design. An active contributor to the popular StackExchange.Redis client, he has improved diagnostics and resiliency—adding CPU/ThreadPool metrics and Azure-friendly defaults—to make debugging and production stability better for users. Based in Woodinville, WA, he combines operational rigor with developer empathy to keep critical cloud services running smoothly.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science at Utah State University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
redis10
redis-client10
netframework10
azure10
csharp10
debugging9
caching9
wcf9
error-handling9
threaded8
multithreading8
hyper-threading8
thread8
performance-monitoring8
async-await6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis
Apr 2015 - Mar 2017
The Redis client for .NET
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 10 PRs, 31 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to improving the `StackExchange.Redis` client, focusing on enhancing error messages to aid in debugging, specifically adding ThreadPool and CPU statistics. They implemented features like including client names in timeout messages. Additionally, the user addressed configuration issues, setting `AbortConnectOnFailure` to false for Azure environments. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the client's robustness and providing better diagnostic information.
dotnetredis-clientc-sharpredis
JonCole/StackExchange.Redis
Apr 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:37 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
purposeredisredis-clientgeneral-purpose
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