Owen Richards
Content Developer 2 at Microsoft
Leinster, Ireland
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Top SchoolOwen Richards is a Content Developer at Microsoft with four years' experience blending software engineering and technical communication to improve developer experience for identity and AI products. He specializes in Next.js, React, APIs, and AI integrations, turning complex engineering concepts into clear, actionable content and tooling. With a background in software development and a BA in English Literature and History, he combines technical rigor with narrative clarity to make documentation and demos more approachable. At Microsoft he focuses on DevRel initiatives, creating resources that help developers ship faster and integrate AI responsibly. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic creator who iterates quickly on content and prototypes to surface real developer pain points. Based in Leinster, Ireland, he’s open to collaborations in open source, developer tooling, and advocacy.
4 years of coding experience
Higher National Diploma, Software Development, Higher National Diploma, Software Development at Maynooth University
Github Skills (66)
devrel10
microsoft-azure10
msal-react10
msal10
microsoft-identity-platform10
msal-js10
azure10
azure-ad-b2c10
microsoft-identity10
microsoft10
azure-active-directory10
msal-angular10
microsoft-teams10
single-page-application9
single-page9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Azure-Samples/ms-identity-docs-code-java
Oct 2022 - Oct 2024
Source for the Java/Kotlin code snippets in the Microsoft identity platform documentation found on https://docs.microsoft.com.
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years
spring-bootmsal-javajava-kotlinmicrosoft-identity-platformsnippets
Azure-Samples/ms-identity-docs-code-powershell
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Source for the PowerShell code snippets in the Microsoft identity platform documentation found on https://docs.microsoft.com.
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 6 months
powershellmicrosoft-identity-platformsnippetsmsal-libraryidentity
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