Joshua Fisher
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Fisher is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 11 years of experience building reliable build-and-release automation, cloud data pipelines, and tooling for scalable recommendations. He migrated SQL-based recommendations into Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Explorer, improving error reporting and standardizing release patterns for production pipelines. A systems-minded engineer with roots in game and CI tooling, he has deep C/C++ and build-system experience—demonstrated by contributions to the high-profile microsoft/vcpkg repo where he improved architecture detection and fixed platform-specific build issues. Joshua combines hands-on implementation (from schedule management tooling to reducing legacy C++ footprints) with a pragmatic focus on operational quality and repeatable delivery. Based in Redmond, he brings both platform-level engineering discipline and a history of optimizing developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Real Time Interactive Simulation, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Real Time Interactive Simulation, Computer Science at Digipen Institute of TechnologyComputer Science, Computer Science at Luzerne County Community College
Github Skills (14)
automation10
automations10
c-language10
package-manager10
cmake10
lib10
build-system10
cprogramming-language10
visual-studio9
arm9
c178
wasm-pack8
rust-wasm8
c118
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Sep 2016 - Sep 2022
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:5 commits, 6 PRs, 2 comments in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Joshua's contributions primarily focus on modifying build system scripts and portfiles within the `vcpkg` repository. They made changes related to architecture detection, specifically targeting `arm64` in Visual Studio configurations, which involved updates to the `vcpkg.cmake` file. Furthermore, the user addressed build issues and added a patch related to the `mpg123` port, and also made changes to the `libjpeg-turbo` port to disable SIMD on WASM. This work involved updating the build process for various libraries managed by `vcpkg`.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
playmer/SDL-1
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
Simple Directmedia Layer
Contributions:18 pushes, 20 branches in 3 years 3 months
sdlsdl2directmedia
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