Karl Burtram
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Burtram is a Principal Software Engineer with over nine years of focused experience building and maintaining database and developer tooling at Microsoft, where he works on Azure Data & SQL Server tools. He is a full-stack contributor to high-profile open-source projects like Azure Data Studio and the VS Code mssql extension, with hands-on work spanning build systems, language service integration, and backend SQL tooling. Karl combines deep backend and database expertise—implementing features like database-backed autocomplete and SQL parser integrations—with front-end and integration fixes that keep large codebases shipping. Based in Sammamish, WA, he holds advanced computer science degrees and brings a practical blend of code-quality discipline and cross-layer problem solving that surfaces in both bug fixes and architectural improvements.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Humboldt State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at California State University, ChicoCollege of the Redwoods
Github Skills (29)
javascript10
typescript10
database-administration10
language-server-protocol10
vscode-extension10
netframework10
database-connectivity10
sql-server10
language-server10
sql10
database-design10
typescript-types10
dotnet-core10
typescripts10
csharp10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vscode-mssql
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
Visual Studio Code SQL Server extension.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:243 releases, 257 reviews, 182 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Karl's contributions primarily involved integrating a LanguageClient into the VS Code extension for SQL Server. This included hooking the Language Service client into VS Code, incorporating servicehost into connection events, and cleaning up the connection code. Furthermore, the user addressed merge and tslint errors within the codebase, indicating a focus on code quality and integration with the core language service functionality. The user also added the functionality to execute SQL statements at the cursor location.
sqlserversql-servervisual-studio-codemicrosoft-sql-servervscode
microsoft/sqltoolsservice
Jul 2016 - Jan 2023
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:541 releases, 229 reviews, 390 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Karl primarily worked on code cleanups and refactoring within the SQL Tools API service. They performed find and replace operations and enabled logging in a specific project. The commits focused on changes related to the Language Server, including the application of changes and applying changes related to file handling. Additionally, the user's contributions include integrating SQL Parser for error messages and implementing a database-backed autocomplete and integration of SQL Server database connections and administration.
data-serverapidata-managementsql-serversqlserver
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