Samuel Chapleau
Senior Software Developer at Microsoft
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolSamuel Chapleau is a Senior Software Developer with eight years of experience building performant, accessible user experiences, currently leading AI-driven feature development for Microsoft Photos in Montreal. He has progressed through multiple engineering roles at Microsoft, driving UI modernization, design consistency, and performance optimizations that doubled app launch speed and enabled automated UI testing. Comfortable across web and native stacks, his background includes React, C#, C++, and systems work—from OneDrive web improvements to high-speed C++ caching in AAA game builds. Samuel pairs strong academic results (Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 3.88 GPA) with a practical knack for shrinking load and build times, often by rethinking tooling and architecture. He’s motivated by empowering others and translating product vision into measurable user delight and developer productivity gains. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces long-term technical leverage while shipping immediate wins.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain@UCLouvainDiploma of Collegial Studies, Mathematics and Computer Science, R: 35.224, Diploma of Collegial Studies, Mathematics and Computer Science, R: 35.224 at Collège Lionel-GroulxBachelor's degree, Software Engineering, GPA: 3.88/4.00, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, GPA: 3.88/4.00 at Polytechnique Montréal
French, English
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Github Skills (17)
styles10
color-picker10
windows10
desktop10
powertoys10
xaml9
uwp9
csharp9
windows-ui9
fluent-design9
windows-app-sdk9
winrt9
uwp-apps9
wpf9
cpp9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SamChaps/PowerToys
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
Contributions:2 reviews, 31 pushes, 5 branches in 8 months
maximizewindowswindows-10productivity
miksalmon/suaglace
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 day
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