Melissa Messa
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Messa is a senior software engineer with 7+ years at Microsoft and a decade-plus background in .NET and web development, building resilient build and automation tooling for large projects. She specializes in DevOps and automation—contributing to the high-profile dotnet/arcade repo by improving Helix build tooling, retry logic, and build process upgrades—while bringing practical experience across ASP.NET, C#, and build systems. Based in Redmond, she combines hands-on engineering with infrastructure-focused problem solving, having moved from early web and SaaS roles into enterprise-scale CI/CD improvements. Pragmatic and detail-oriented, she often surfaces small but impactful enhancements (like fake test-result generation and improved file visibility) that reduce flakiness and speed delivery.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Seattle University
English
Github Skills (12)
azure-devops-server10
csharp10
azure-devops10
helix10
cicd10
dotnet-core10
build-automation10
msbuild9
asp-net9
dotnet9
net9
powershell8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/arcade
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Tools that provide common build infrastructure for multiple .NET Foundation projects.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:420 reviews, 117 commits, 243 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Melissa primarily contributed to the automation and infrastructure aspects of the project. Their work included enhancing the Helix build tools by implementing features such as retries for job submissions, and creating fake test results. They also refactored code related to retry logic and added functionality to display uploaded files. Additionally, the user was involved in build process improvements, like the upgrade of VS/MSBuild versions and adjustments to command-line parameters.
dotnetinfrastructurefoundationcsharpdotnet-core
missymessa/adventofcode
Dec 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:82 pushes, 1 branch, 4 issues in 4 years 1 month
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