Justin Read
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Read is a Principal Software Engineering Manager based in San Francisco with 17 years of IT and SRE experience, currently leading infrastructure and reliability efforts at Microsoft. He began his career in hands-on server and network roles and has advanced through SRE management to principal leadership, bringing deep Microsoft server, Active Directory, Exchange, and cloud reliability expertise. Known as a tenacious problem-solver, he combines practical systems administration chops with strategic program delivery, incident escalation, and customer-facing consulting for high-profile environments. He holds a portfolio of Microsoft and ITIL certifications that underscore his operational rigor and governance focus. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex operational challenges into scalable, auditable solutions and to coach teams through reliability and platform transitions. A detail often missed: his background includes long-term frontline escalation and migration projects, which gives him uncommon empathy for operators while designing large-scale systems.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Newington College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
nodejs6
javascript6
python2
parallel1
modeling-tool1
modeling1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
justinread/feedback_perspective
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 days
jpcoles/glass
May 2009 - Jul 2009
Contributions:10 commits in 1 month
pythonparallelgravitationalmodelinglens
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