Julio Menendez
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
South Jordan, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolJulio Menendez is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with 12+ years building scalable backend systems and leading engineering teams across startups and enterprise. He helped design and ship high-traffic media and e-commerce platforms early in his career—building a video streaming platform used by clients like Madonna, U2 and NASA and creating the initial BarkBox storefront—then moved into founding and lead-engineer roles at Dopple and ROQlogic. At Microsoft he contributes to production-grade AI tooling, including meaningful Python refactors and cross-provider connector work in the popular semantic-kernel project to improve LLM provider compatibility and maintainability. Julio combines hands-on implementation with architecture and mentorship, routinely translating prototype ideas into resilient, maintainable services. Based in South Jordan, Utah, he’s consulted for numerous startups, bringing a founder’s pragmatism to large-scale product engineering.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Universidad de la HabanaBachelor Degree Computer Science, Bachelor Degree Computer Science at Salt Lake Community College
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (15)
sdk10
python10
ai10
llm10
openai9
back-end-development9
api-design8
javascript6
routes6
mod-wsgi6
backbonejs6
apache6
logic6
marionette6
django6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/semantic-kernel
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:331 reviews, 8 PRs, 154 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Julio primarily focused on modifying the Python codebase, specifically within the context of AI service connectors. Their contributions involved adding optional parameters and refactoring existing code within the `semantic-kernel` project. These changes impacted multiple AI service integrations and involved modifications to base classes and implementations of AI completion services for various providers (OpenAI, Google Palm, and Hugging Face). The commits demonstrate a focus on code maintainability, compatibility, and adaptation to different LLM providers.
aiartificial-intelligencellmopenaisdk
juliomenendez/ui-select
Dec 2015 - Aug 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 10 months
select2angularjsangularselectize
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