Summary
Kimyen Ladia is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building data, security, and developer tooling at GitHub and Microsoft, and earlier work in biomedical informatics at Sage Bionetworks. Currently contributing to GitHub Copilot, she blends backend systems and platform engineering experience from Data & Security Platform efforts to ship scalable, secure features for developer workflows. Known for doggedly chasing down bugs "like they owe her money," she pairs meticulous debugging with pragmatic design. Her background includes research-driven engineering—developing a robotic language tutor—and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington, giving her a strong foundation in both applied research and production software. Based in Seattle, she brings cross-domain fluency between healthcare research software and large-scale developer platforms.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Associate of Science (AS) at Bellevue College
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Washington
Computer Science, Computer Science at Industrial University of Hochiminh City
Vietnamese