Niall Mackinnon
Principal Software Engineer - Teams Messaging Team at Microsoft
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolNiall Mackinnon is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years at Microsoft, currently leading development of Teams messaging features including list virtualization, draft management, and channels components. He has deep front-end expertise in React and legacy AngularJS, and a strong background in XAML and platform integration from earlier Windows and Windows Phone work. Niall’s career shows a consistent pattern of shipping performant UI components and improving developer inner-loop testing and keyboard/accessibility experiences. Based in Kirkland, WA, he blends systems-level experience from embedded and graphics work with modern web UI architecture, making him adept at bridging legacy codebases and new feature delivery. His trajectory suggests a knack for solving tricky integration problems and modernizing long-lived products.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer & Systems Engineering, Computer & Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (18)
mobile-services9
gui-toolkit8
android6
browser6
user-interface6
javascript6
react-wrapper6
directive5
react-native5
microsoft4
ui-toolkit4
declarative-ui4
angularjs3
scroll3
react3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
dmxfee/angular-vs-repeat
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Virtual Scroll for AngularJS ngRepeat directive
Contributions:5 reviews, 5 comments in 3 days
scrolldirectivevirtual-scrollangularjsangular
Azure/azure-mobile-services
Oct 2012 - Oct 2012
Mobile Services is deprecated - Use Mobile Apps instead
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
react-nativemobile-servicesandroidmobile-appsc-sharp
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