Nelson Troncoso
Software Engineer 2 - C Project And Build at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNelson Troncoso is a software engineer with a decade of experience who currently leads development on Microsoft's C++ Build Insights tools, helping game studios diagnose and improve build performance and quality. With an MS in Computer Science from Penn State and a background in computer vision, haptics, and AI research, he blends applied research instincts with pragmatic engineering. He ships diagnostics and developer tooling using C#, C++, and TypeScript, and has a track record of improving internals and pipelines in notable open-source projects like AutoRest and usbipd-win. Nelson's career includes multiple Microsoft internships and roles that show steady progression into product ownership, and he frequently focuses on refactoring, debugging, and build-system robustness. Based in Redmond, he aims to empower developers to create better games and experiences by making build infrastructure more transparent and usable.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Penn State UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Colegio San GabrielUS High School Diploma, US High School Diploma at St Paul Preparatory School
Spanish, English
Github Skills (14)
usb10
csharp10
openapi10
dotnet-core10
typescript-types9
cli9
command-line9
hyper-v9
typescript9
code-generation9
typescripts9
command-line-interface9
code-generator9
powershell5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/autorest
Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:201 commits, 70 PRs, 117 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nelson focused on the codebase's internal workings, including refactoring and debugging tasks. The user applied tslint to a pipeline file and made general cosmetic changes. Additionally, the user worked on initial implementation for the OpenAPI 3, including adding a sample for OpenAPI 3 and fixing the code.
openapi-codegenpythonrest-clientopenapipowershell
dorssel/usbipd-win
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Windows software for sharing locally connected USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 58 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nelson primarily focused on implementing and modifying the core functionality of the `usbipd-win` project. Their commits introduced commands for listing, binding, and unbinding USB devices, along with related registry management features. They added logic to filter the device list and handle unbinding events. Furthermore, the user refactored and improved existing code, including registry utilities and client-side interactions.
wslusbipdusbip-winwindowsmachines
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