Scott Jones
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Renton, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolScott Jones is a Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience designing and shipping core platform technology, currently leading developer-focused work on Microsoft's Windows Developers and Experiences team. He excels at technical leadership and mentoring small, high-performing teams to deliver differentiating, customer-facing solutions and enjoys direct customer engagement to translate feedback into product improvements. A seasoned systems and build engineer, Scott has contributed to high-profile Microsoft open-source projects such as C++/WinRT, xlang, and CsWinRT—fixing subtle memory issues, extending language projections, and modernizing build and dependency workflows with CMake and NuGet. Comfortable wearing many hats from architecture to release engineering, he prefers small-company dynamics and brings a rare combination of deep low-level expertise, strong communication skills, and a persistent focus on developer productivity.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, EE, BS, EE at Washington State University
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Github Skills (24)
c-language10
windows-runtime10
windowsrt10
net10
dotnet10
cmake10
asp-net10
build-automation10
dotnet-core10
powershell10
cprogramming-language10
csharp10
winrt10
unit-testing9
apidoc9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/cppwinrt
Aug 2017 - Nov 2022
C++/WinRT
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 42 reviews, 43 commits in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Scott's primary contributions focus on the implementation of C++/WinRT, a modern C++ projection for the Windows Runtime (WinRT). They have modified and extended code within the core framework files, specifically in `Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.h`, implementing and integrating the necessary abstractions for the projection layer. The commits also show the addition of support for generic interfaces and the correction of build system issues and potential memory bugs.
cppwinrt
microsoft/xlang
Aug 2018 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Build Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build EngineerContributions:5 releases, 8 reviews, 138 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on enhancing the build process and supporting infrastructure. Their contributions include modifying build scripts, specifically with PowerShell, and integrating CMake for the build system. The changes indicate an effort to propagate errors, rewrite build scripts, and manage dependencies effectively. Furthermore, the user made updates to the build tool to improve compatibility and integrate with NuGet for project dependencies.
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