Loren Merriman
Software Design Engineer 3 at Microsoft via Insight Global
Duvall, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolLoren Merriman is a seasoned software engineer with 6 years in titled roles and a multi-decade history of hands-on engineering at Microsoft, now serving as a Software Design Engineer 3 at Microsoft via Insight Global. He blends deep experience in DevOps (notably Minecraft Bedrock build engineering) with a strong background in test automation, telemetry, and build systems across C++, C#, PowerShell and web technologies. Loren has led product and operational efforts—ranging from improving Office file I/O telemetry and inner-loop build workflows to running a real-estate investment and rehab venture—demonstrating both technical depth and entrepreneurial drive. Comfortable across cloud build pipelines and distributed test systems, he focuses on making complex systems observable, faster to iterate, and more reliable. Based in Duvall, WA, he brings a practical mix of legacy platform knowledge and modern DevOps practices, plus a knack for turning operational challenges into scalable engineering solutions. An interesting thread through his career is continuous emphasis on instrumentation and automation to surface user impact and reduce manual toil.
6 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Strategies and Approaches for speculating in the financial markets, Strategies and Approaches for speculating in the financial markets at Online Trading AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Seattle Pacific UniversityNational Alliance of Recovery ResidencesAssociate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at Olympic College
Github Skills (36)
github-actions-runner10
windows10
cicd10
azure-devops10
azure-pipelines10
azure10
runner10
lock-free8
queue8
concurrent-queue8
producer8
concurrent8
cpp6
concurrency6
powershell5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Mojang/upgrade_mutex
May 2023 - May 2023
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 comment in 3 days
Mojang/concurrentqueue
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
A fast multi-producer, multi-consumer lock-free concurrent queue for C++11
Contributions:2 reviews, 6 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 day
lock-freecpplockconcurrencyconcurrent-queue
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