Ruslan Yakushev
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuslan Yakushev is a Principal Software Engineering Manager with 15+ years at Microsoft, currently leading the team that builds the Azure App Service control plane. He combines deep systems-level expertise—having designed core runtime components, REST APIs, metering/quota enforcement, and paid hosting features—with product and release leadership across IIS, PHP on Windows, and AdCenter Analytics. Known for shipping both platform plumbing and developer-facing features, he drove early integration of Git and helped open-source IIS-related extensions and PHP patches. His background includes multiple patents from BizTalk Server work and a master's in computer science from Novosibirsk State University. Based in Sammamish, WA, he blends hands-on engineering with cross-team coordination to take complex cloud services from design through reliable production releases. An operator who quietly bridges legacy server technologies and modern cloud platforms, he excels at turning interoperability challenges into shipping products.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
Github Skills (50)
win6410
microsoft10
azure-sdk10
windows10
azure-container-apps10
azure-functions10
dotnet10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
php10
api10
sdk10
rest10
php-manager10
iis-server10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ruslany/openai-cookbook
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025
Examples and guides for using the OpenAI API
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
ruslany/azure-rest-api-specs
Dec 2020 - Feb 2025
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:2 PRs, 225 pushes, 77 branches in 4 years 3 months
apispecificationsrestmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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