Summary
Pete Roden is a Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft with over a decade of experience leading teams that co-develop high-impact solutions with strategic customers across IoT, cloud-native, DevOps, big data and machine learning. He focuses on operationalized, secure and scalable systems and drives the creation of open-source assets that shape Microsoft platforms and ease enterprise adoption. Pete blends hands-on engineering—building everything from CNC arcade machines to cloud temperature controls—with customer-centric delivery, translating complex business problems into low-risk, high-impact technical outcomes. He is passionate about Serverless, IoT and embedded design, mentors teens through technical workshops, and consistently champions practical, production-ready solutions informed by real-world interaction.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer