Lewis Sanchez is a Software Development Engineer based in the Greater Seattle Area with four years of professional experience building full-stack and backend systems. At Microsoft he contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Azure Data Studio and SQL Tools Service, improving UI behavior, web build pipelines, and execution plan analysis for database tooling used across platforms. He has a strong foundation in C#, .NET, Java, and SQL from prior roles delivering APIs, 2FA workflows, and logistics/ERP systems, and he pairs that with hands-on embedded and digital-logic teaching experience. Lewis also brings practical testing and CI pipeline know-how—he’s enabled smoke tests and resolved web build issues—illustrating a focus on reliable delivery and developer onboarding.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Dual Computer Software Engineering Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Dual Computer Software Engineering Applied Mathematics at Oregon Institute of Technology
SQL Tools API service that provides SQL Server data management capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Contributions:101 reviews, 70 commits, 48 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Lewis primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the execution plan service, including adding cost metrics and comparison features. Their contributions involved modifying code related to execution plan generation, node analysis, and property extraction, indicating a deep understanding of the underlying data structures. They also made changes related to testing and file management within the service, improving functionality.
Azure Data Studio is a data management and development tool with connectivity to popular cloud and on-premises databases. Azure Data Studio supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, with immediate capability to connect to Azure SQL and SQL Server. Browse the extension library for more database support options including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:293 reviews, 238 commits, 358 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Lewis contributed to multiple areas of the Azure Data Studio project, demonstrating full-stack development skills. They added a new developer to the onboarding list and fixed database drop-down rendering issues, indicating front-end and UI improvements. Further contributions involved enabling the database selector to behave like the one in SSMS and enabling smoke tests for ADS Web, showing integration and testing expertise. Finally, they addressed issues around JSON column handling and Web build pipeline errors.
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Lewis Sanchez - Software Development Engineer at Microsoft