Paul Stevans
Software Engineer, Contract at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Stevans is a versatile software engineer with 12 years of experience who blends full-stack web development and low-level programming in C/C++ and x86, currently contributing to Surface SWFW development at Microsoft as a contract engineer. A University of Washington computer science graduate, he has shipped production web services (Node.js/Express/MongoDB) and improved core functionality like vote deduplication and UI controls for a tax-focused Q&A platform. Paul’s background in Hollywood — as an actor, comedian, writer, and director with national airtime — gives him uncommon strengths in communication, storytelling, and on-camera presence that translate into clear technical documentation and stakeholder engagement. Based in Redmond, he pairs practical engineering skills with an artistic mindset, often approaching problems with both low-level rigor and user-centric creativity.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.55, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.55 at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Mathematics, 3.88, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Mathematics, 3.88 at Bellevue CollegeActing, Acting at Joshua LeBar StudiosJames Wood High School
Github Skills (127)
xaml10
terraform10
javascript10
sendgrid10
dotnet10
linux10
browser10
api10
proxies10
azure10
avalonia10
js-api10
typescript10
mvvm10
sourcemaps10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jstevans/waste-not
Jan 2019 - Jul 2020
A caching system to help tools run incrementally w.r.t. file contents and the dependency graph
Contributions:98 commits, 4 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 6 months
dependency-graphcachingcachegraphcontents
camelCasa/camelCasa.github.io
Dec 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
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