Jonathan Quesada
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Costa Rica
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Quesada is a people-first Principal Software Engineering Manager with over 18 years in the software industry, currently leading teams at Microsoft after senior engineering leadership at BCG and mission-driven impact at Medic. He blends coaching-based leadership with hands-on delivery, having scaled distributed teams across five continents and stewarded major open-source work like the Community Health Toolkit v4.0 to improve global health outcomes. Jonathan excels at building high-trust, high-performing teams, promoting DevSecOps and cloud-native practices while mentoring technical leaders and shaping career development frameworks. He has a track record of aligning engineering strategy with product and business goals, and he’s increasingly exploring how Generative AI can augment user experiences and business capabilities. Based in Costa Rica, he brings a rare combination of startup-to-enterprise experience, open-source community stewardship, and deep commitment to inclusive, mission-driven technology. Notably, his leadership practice emphasizes measurable growth through coaching and tailored development for multicultural, fully distributed teams.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Universidad Fidélitas
English, Spanish
Github Skills (52)
couchdb10
javascript10
health10
responsive10
pouchdb10
mhealth10
ehealth10
medical10
mobile9
tookit8
nodejs7
documentation7
command-line-interface6
cli5
sms-messages3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jonathanvq/phoenix
Jan 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:7 releases, 3 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
jonathanvq/operativos2
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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