Kyle Reed
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Reed is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience leading security and language tooling efforts at Microsoft, currently focused on ODSP security while bringing deep expertise in C++ static analysis and Visual Studio language services. He has a strong systems and firmware background from early roles in wireless controllers and device firmware, and contributes to open-source projects ranging from YARA (pattern-matching tooling) to firmware UI for HackRF/PortaPack. Kyle blends low-level platform knowledge with user-facing UI refinements—evidenced by work on cross-platform process iterators and UI text-entry/file-management features—and has navigated platform-specific build and tooling challenges on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Known for pragmatic refactors and cross-component improvements, he pairs long-tenured institutional knowledge with active community contributions.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Saginaw Valley State University
Github Skills (19)
file-management10
c-language10
wp-api10
linux10
c1110
ui-design10
winapi10
c1710
uid10
front-end-development10
macos10
pac10
ws-api10
cprogramming-language10
yara10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware
May 2023 - Sep 2023
Custom firmware for the HackRF+PortaPack H1/H2/H4
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 16 comments, 1 issue in 4 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the user interface components for the firmware, including the addition of a text field widget with cursor support and the refactoring of file management views. They also implemented features related to file renaming and deletion, with support for partner file actions. Their work involved modifications across various UI components, including text entry and file management views, while also refactoring underlying code.
portapacksdr-receiverfirmwarecustom-firmwaresdrsharp
VirusTotal/yara
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
The pattern matching swiss knife
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 3 comments in 14 days
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the YARA project by implementing features and bug fixes related to process scanning on Windows and added support for other operating systems. They added and refactored code related to section readers and block iterators and implemented a process iterator for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. The user also addressed Windows-specific build issues and updated the project's `.gitignore` file for improved Visual Studio compatibility.
yaramatchingknifepattern-matchingpattern
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