Jordan Hays
Program Manager II at Microsoft
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Hays is a Program Manager II and former software engineer with six years of experience building secure, distributed database systems at Microsoft, focused on authentication and the Azure SQL Ledger project. Based in Chicago, he blends deep backend and database engineering skills—demonstrated by contributions to Microsoft’s sqltoolsservice repo implementing ledger object support and nuanced Edit Data behaviors—with product-facing program management. His background spans systems security research, low-level kernel and driver work, and practical cloud services, giving him a rare cross-layer perspective from kernel to cloud. He’s comfortable turning security requirements into shipped features for a major commercial database product and improving test configurations and tooling along the way. As a former graduate instructor and teaching assistant at Purdue, he pairs technical depth with clear communication and mentoring experience. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, auditable solutions that balance security, performance, and developer ergonomics.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Barrington High SchoolMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Purdue University
English, Latin
Github Skills (8)
net10
asp-net10
dotnet10
csharp10
sql10
dotnet-core10
database-design9
test-automation8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/sqltoolsservice
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
SQL Tools API service that provides SQL Server data management capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:25 reviews, 35 commits, 26 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily contributed to the back-end service layer, specifically focusing on enhancements related to SQL Server data management. Their work involved implementing support for ledger objects and dropped ledger folders in the object explorer, which included modifying the SMO model and tree node structures. They also added filtering logic for dropped ledger columns and updated the Edit Data functionality, showcasing a focus on database interactions. This required changes in test configurations.
data-serverapidata-managementsql-serversqlserver
nofield/sql-docs
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc.
Contributions:3 pushes in 5 months
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