Larissa Cox
Senior Software Engineer Dev Box at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLarissa Cox is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with five years of experience specializing in backend systems, Dev Box imaging and customizations, and Azure deployment environments. She has led cross-functional v-teams to design and ship features that boost user engagement for Visual Studio AI and Copilot, driving measurable improvements in onboarding and suggestion acceptance. A pragmatic technical leader and communicator, she balances customer advocacy with results-driven delivery, mentoring engineers and coordinating with leadership on performance, security, and UX priorities. Larissa is also an active contributor to the high-profile dotnet/roslyn project, where her work on IntelliCode integrations and completion providers improved C# developer tooling. Based in Seattle and grounded in a Duke CS education, she brings a mix of product-focused engineering and operational rigor that helps teams turn complex AI and cloud scenarios into smooth developer experiences.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Duke UniversityHigh School, High School at Grand Junction High School
Github Skills (15)
net10
asp-net10
dotnet10
language-server10
roslyn10
code-completion10
language-server-protocol10
csharp10
vscode-extension10
tab-completion10
dotnet-core10
completions10
vscode9
dotnet-new9
razor9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/roslyn
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
The Roslyn .NET compiler provides C# and Visual Basic languages with rich code analysis APIs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Larissa primarily contributed to the IntelliCode feature within the Roslyn compiler, focusing on starred suggestion completions. They implemented and integrated external assemblies, specifically related to the "PythiaVSGreen" and "C# Dev Kit" components. Their work involved creating and managing completion providers, handling assembly loading, and addressing errors related to IntelliCode initialization and descriptions. These changes aimed to enable and enhance the IntelliCode feature within the C# language service.
roslyndotnetf-sharpcompilervisual-basic
microsoft/vscode-dotnettools
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
This is a feedback repository to capture issues logged for the C# Dev Kit and related extensions from Visual Studio Code
Contributions:4 comments, 1 issue in 1 month
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