Michael Ratanapintha
Senior Software Engineer at Box
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolMichael Ratanapintha is a Senior Software Engineer based in the Greater Seattle Area with a decade of experience building reliable systems from database optimization to polished web front ends. Currently at Box, he brings a pragmatic full-stack approach and a strong track record of bug fixes, refactors, and stability improvements that keep complex products production-ready. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like Microsoft Terminal—fixing color behavior, history handling, and adding schemes—and has improved UI robustness and security in charting libraries such as ember-charts. Michael combines rigorous academic training (MS, BS from University of Washington) with hands-on engineering discipline, favoring defensive code changes that reduce errors and prevent regressions.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at University of Washington
French
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Github Skills (26)
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javascript10
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testing10
windows10
authentication10
emberjs10
command-line10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Addepar/ember-charts
Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:74 commits, 18 PRs, 86 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the `ember-charts` repository by addressing bugs and improving the user interface of the charting components. They fixed issues related to bar chart rendering and styling, specifically addressing problems with color assignments and highlighting on legend hover. The user also refactored test code and added unit tests to ensure the correct behavior of the charts, including the proper sorting and class assignment in stacked and grouped bar charts. Furthermore, the user updated the version number across multiple files and fixed XSS vulnerabilities.
microsoft/terminal
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
Role in this project:Software Engineer (Focused on Terminal Development)
Software Engineer (Focused on Terminal Development)Contributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributes to the Windows Terminal project by addressing bugs and improving the existing codebase. They fixed issues related to color tool behavior, batch file functionality, and the handling of history size limits within the terminal. The user also refactored code to address potential errors and improve overall stability. They also added a new color scheme.
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