Nev聽Wylie
Principal Software Development Engineer - Azure Monitor Application Insights SDK Team
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolNev Wylie is a Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft with a multi-decade background in designing and delivering high-availability distributed systems and developer SDKs, currently leading the Azure Monitor / Application Insights JavaScript SDK efforts. He blends deep hands-on engineering in C#, JavaScript and Java with architecture, performance tuning and operational excellence to keep global services running with constant uptime. Nev has a track record of shipping complex features across identity, telemetry and mobile platforms at Microsoft, and before that led cross-timezone teams and large integration projects in payments and emergency services. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like OpenTelemetry鈥檚 JavaScript client, bringing practical browser tracing and instrumentation experience to cloud observability. Known for mentoring engineers and shaping product roadmaps, he pairs pragmatic delivery focus with a keen eye for bottlenecks and real-time performance improvements. Based in Redmond, he combines legacy systems expertise (C++/JNI) with modern telemetry-first development to bridge platform gaps that others often overlook.
6 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Science, Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Science at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Associate Diploma Business Computing, Associate Diploma Business Computing at TAFE Queensland
Github Skills (8)
opentelemetry10
javascript10
apidoc9
telemetry9
api9
distributed-tracing9
context-api8
context-manager8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
OpenTelemetry JavaScript Client
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:467 reviews, 5 commits, 16 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Nev contributed to the OpenTelemetry JavaScript client, focusing on core functionality and examples for web-based tracing. Their commits introduce and modify features related to diagnostic logging, primarily within the API packages. The user also updated and fixed web tracer examples, integrating instrumentation for fetch and XMLHttpRequest, demonstrating knowledge of browser-based tracing and propagation.
apijavascript-clientjavascripttelemetryotel
MSNev/opentelemetry-specification
Jun 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:99 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
tracingspecificationsmetricsopen-telemetryopentelemetry
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