Nicholas Samson
SDEII - Windows Servicing And Delivery at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Samson is a systems-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating low-level infrastructure across Windows and Linux platforms at Microsoft. He’s fluent in a wide range of languages—C/C++, Go, Python, C#, TypeScript, and more—and has shipped firmware, concurrent data pipelines, validation tooling, and full-stack vulnerability detection systems that automatically triaged thousands of issues for Azure Linux. Prior roles at Intel and Cornell emphasize his strengths in hardware validation, constrained-environment development (including Intel SGX), and accelerating test infrastructure by orders of magnitude. At Microsoft he contributed to the core of the widely used microsoft/azurelinux project, hardening OS builds and remediating CVEs across architectures. He pairs deep technical breadth with mentorship experience and a sustained interest in programming language design and multiple paradigms, making him comfortable moving between firmware, systems, and cloud services. Based in Bellevue, WA, he enjoys translating low-level constraints into reliable, production-grade solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Cornell University
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azurelinux
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
General purpose Linux OS for Azure
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 reviews, 92 commits, 114 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicholas contributed to the core of the Azure Linux OS. Their work involved adding packages and patches related to system configuration, and security, specifically addressing vulnerabilities. The user modified build tools to support the new packages and architecture, ensuring the OS's compatibility and functionality on different platforms. The user also addressed CVEs in various libraries, contributing to the overall security and stability of the system.
azurelinux
CBL-Mariner-Bot/CBL-Mariner
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Contributions:36 commits in 3 months
azurelinux
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