Scott Beddall
Software Developer at Microsoft
Duvall, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Beddall is a software developer with seven years of experience building backend, DevOps, and documentation automation for large-scale Microsoft and Azure projects. Based in Duvall, WA, he is the primary engineering systems developer for azure-sdk-for-python and has contributed cross-language improvements to flagship repos such as azure-sdk-for-js, -net, and -java, focusing on build pipelines, testing infrastructure, and doc generation. At Microsoft he has blended telemetry-driven UX work for Windows with cloud services and BI tooling, demonstrating a knack for turning complex telemetry and CI/CD challenges into reliable developer experiences. He combines hands-on scripting (PowerShell, Python), build system changes, and logging/debug improvements with a practical understanding of developer productivity tools. Notably, his open-source contributions often touch behind-the-scenes infrastructure—versioning, asset syncing, and test proxies—that materially improve how SDKs are built, tested, and documented.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Associate in Science Transfer Degree, Engineering, Associate in Science Transfer Degree, Engineering at Green River Community CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of Idaho
Github Skills (37)
github-ci10
javascript10
python10
scripting10
azure-sdk10
testing10
net10
typescript10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
document-generation10
microsoft-azure10
java10
cicd10
asp-net10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for Python. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/python/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-python.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:20 releases, 1152 reviews, 1069 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to improving the build and testing infrastructure of the Azure SDK for Python. Their work involved modifying the dev setup and build processes, including the addition of a template project and the integration of new CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tasks. They also made code changes to support the new build process and added logging enhancements for improved debuggability and documentation generation. Further, they modified testing procedures and environments.
pythonversionedazure-functionssdkazure-python
Azure/azure-docs-sdk-java
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
☕️ Azure SDK for Java API documentation repository. Content here is mostly auto-generated.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Technical Writer
DevOps Engineer & Technical WriterContributions:37 reviews, 258 commits, 188 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on updating and maintaining scripts related to the documentation generation process for the Azure SDK for Java. They made changes to PowerShell and Python scripts (`update_toc.ps1`, `update_toc.py`) to merge table of contents files, correct target locations, and resolve merge conflicts. Their work involved modifying file paths, incorporating help text, and adapting the scripts for the main repository structure, indicating a focus on automation and content management within the documentation workflow.
apisdkapi-documentationazure-sdkjava-api
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