Monica Rivera is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with seven years of experience building reliable, cloud-native systems and a strong background in DevOps, C#, and enterprise cloud development. She moved into software engineering after roles in site reliability, giving her a pragmatic focus on observability, testing, and resilient integrations. Monica contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as the Bot Framework SDK and samples on GitHub, where she’s fixed telemetry, null-safety, and template compatibility issues that keep developer tooling stable. Based in Puyallup, WA, she pairs hands-on backend and API work with ongoing graduate study in computer science, signaling a commitment to deepening technical expertise while shipping impactful user-facing features.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at George Mason University
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 releases, 120 reviews, 38 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Monica primarily focused on updating the Bot Framework SDK and project templates, incorporating the latest versions of dependencies. They made code changes within various template files, particularly in C# to reflect updates to the Bot Builder SDK and related components. The commits involved updating the project file to include the latest versions of required dependencies, alongside minor code adjustments. Their work ensured that the provided samples and templates remained compatible with the evolving Bot Framework SDK.
Welcome to the Bot Framework SDK for .NET repository, which is the home for the libraries and packages that enable developers to build sophisticated bot applications using .NET.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Developer
Contributions:452 reviews, 97 commits, 517 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Monica primarily focused on bug fixes and code improvements within the .NET Bot Framework SDK. Their contributions include addressing issues in telemetry logging, turn context, and connector extensions. They also made revisions to handle null checks and deprecated functionality. Further, the user was involved in reverting a QnAMaker-related feature and adding logging to the BotFrameworkHttpClient.
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