Salim Alam
Principal Software Architect at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSalim Alam is a Principal Software Architect based in Redmond with deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and mission-critical web services. He has repeatedly scaled and modernized large platforms—from Windows Update serving 700M+ users and incubating Windows InTune components to leading SaaS application automation at Chef and building lodging/shopping infrastructure at Expedia. A hands-on engineer and open-source contributor, Salim has improved Windows support, build/packaging pipelines, and automation across prominent projects like Chef and Habitat. His work spans low-level systems, DevOps, and HPC cloud enablement, and he holds patents in data synchronization and high-performance computing. Trained in computer engineering and CS (U of Minnesota-Duluth; M.S. Colorado Boulder), he combines research-caliber rigor with practical delivery at scale.
10 years of coding experience
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at University of Colorado at BoulderB.S., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, B.S., Computer Engineering, Computer Science at University of Minnesota-Duluth
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Github Skills (46)
dependency-management10
test-kitchen10
build-script10
docker10
package-management10
scripting10
oai10
testing10
windows10
packaging10
msix10
build-system10
msp10
dockers10
cicd10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
habitat-sh/habitat
Oct 2016 - Jan 2020
Modern applications with built-in automation
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:6 releases, 366 commits, 342 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Salim contributed to validating plan metadata and package identifiers in both shell scripts and the Rust-based core components of the Habitat project. They added checks for invalid characters during package uploads and at the build process level. The user's work also involved the modification of Docker and Dockerfile build configurations to ensure a better user experience and a more complete build process.
containersrustconfiguration-managementpackage-managerautomation
habitat-sh/core-plans
Dec 2016 - Dec 2018
Core Habitat Plan definitions
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:19 commits, 17 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Salim primarily contributes to defining Habitat plans, a package management system. Their commits involve updating package definitions, including source locations, versions, and dependencies for various packages like zlib, nginx, and Rust. They also handle platform-specific configurations like PowerShell scripts, demonstrating an understanding of build and deployment processes across different environments.
planhabitatpackage-managerdefinitionspackages
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