Sayyid Helmi
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSayyid Helmi is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience and 9+ years at Microsoft, specializing in platform architecture for Security & Compliance (Purview, Defender) and E‑Commerce. He leads cross-organizational initiatives that modernize UI stacks, unify Copilot experiences, and scale AI integrations while improving accessibility and developer velocity. His work reduced platform boot times from 6s to 2s, consolidated multiple Copilot implementations into a single platform UX, and replaced fragile browser storage with a persistent backend store to enable enterprise adoption. Comfortable across front-end and back-end domains, he also engineers testability and governance—introducing Storybook-driven workflows and per-PR testing pipelines that stabilized large, distributed teams. Based in Seattle, he blends hands-on delivery with architectural strategy, often resolving release-blocking accessibility and performance issues by coordinating engineering, design, and accessibility stakeholders.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering at University of MichiganAmerican Degree Foundation Program, American Degree Foundation Program at International Education College (INTEC)
English, Malay, Arabic
Github Skills (113)
ui-components10
testing10
component-library10
office-ui-fabric10
javascript10
react-components10
angular10
typescript10
vue10
svelte10
react-component-library10
react-native10
microsoft10
web-components10
webpack10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
malaysiamidwestgames/sambal
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:122 commits, 3 comments, 1 issue in 4 months
sysofwan/voteapp
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:48 commits in 2 days
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