Michael Goulding
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Goulding is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with over a decade of experience building high-impact systems at Microsoft, from Windows shell and phone features to AI and quantum research tooling. He brings deep C++ expertise and a history of shipping product and patent-backed innovations in superconducting device placement and wire routing for Microsoft Quantum. Comfortable across platform-level engineering and research-driven projects, he has repeatedly bridged production Windows components and experimental AI/quantum efforts. Known for pragmatic engineering that balances usability and low-level performance, he also has early game-dev experience integrating physics engines on console titles.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (118)
python10
testing10
windows10
cmake10
visual-studio10
cpp10
linux10
googletest10
mocking10
vcpkg10
macos10
ptvs10
api9
emitter9
activation9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelGoulding/EmpyrionNetworkConnectedMods
Nov 2017 - Jul 2019
Empyrion MODs that use the EAH API port to communicate with the server.
Contributions:15 releases, 159 commits, 98 pushes in 1 year 8 months
apipythoncommunicateempyrionmods
MichaelGoulding/vcpkg
Jun 2021 - Nov 2024
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Contributions:12 pushes in 3 years 6 months
wxwidgetscpplinux-windowswindowsc-library
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