Julia Reid
Product Manager at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulia Reid is a product manager with 7 years of experience building developer-focused tools, currently leading product initiatives at Google after shaping the C++ and Makefile extensions for Visual Studio Code at Microsoft. She combines a computer science background from the University of Michigan with hands-on product ownership of language tooling, prioritizing end-to-end solutions that simplify daily workflows for engineers. Known for translating deep technical constraints into pragmatic product decisions, she has steered extensions used by C++ developers and integrated cross-team feedback into shipping reliable editor experiences. Her early roles—from building fintech tooling in VB.NET to teaching and nonprofit projects—underscore a pragmatic, user-centered approach and an ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences. Based in New York, she brings a developer-first mindset to product strategy and an uncommon blend of classroom patience and production software delivery.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Michigan
English, Spanish
Github Skills (33)
visual-studio-code10
compilation-database10
electron10
microsoft10
typescript10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
intellisense10
vscode-extension10
editor10
api10
visual-studio10
rest10
vscode10
azure10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jureid/fib-container
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 1 month
jureid/vscode-docs
May 2020 - Apr 2022
Public documentation for Visual Studio Code
Contributions:17 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 11 months
vscodevscode-extensionvisual-studio-codevisual-studio
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