Qian Li
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQian Li is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with nine years of experience building large-scale URL processing and index generation systems for the Bing Web Data Platform. She progressed through engineering and PM roles—starting as an intern and product manager in China—bringing a rare blend of hands-on systems engineering and product mindset aimed toward transitioning into IT product management. Based in Kirkland, WA, Qian is a quick learner who consistently delivers reliable pipeline components that power search indexing at scale. Her background spans C#, .NET, and cloud-integrated tooling from early internships to leading platform work at Microsoft, reflecting both deep technical breadth and operational experience. Known for a pragmatic, "better late than never" approach, she combines steady delivery with curiosity and a willingness to tackle cross-team challenges.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree Computer Software Engineering at East China Normal University
English, Japanese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
1,088reputation
154kreached
51answers
13questions
Github Skills (21)
react-component-library10
react-components10
javascript10
microsoft10
ui-components10
typescript10
web-components10
component-library10
fluentui10
office-ui-fabric10
react10
slick9
react-carousel8
odata6
entity-framework6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
qqli1209/office-ui-fabric-react
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
reactoffice-365experiencesreact-componentsfor-office
qqli1209/ES6
May 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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