Seth Reid
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolSeth Reid is a Senior Software Engineer based in Christchurch, New Zealand, with 12 years of experience building scalable cloud and web applications. Currently at Microsoft working on Azure Kubernetes Service, he blends deep Azure platform knowledge with a passion for JavaScript and a strong background in .NET. He co-founded a fintech startup that secured NZD $200k in seed funding, giving him hands-on product, devops and business experience alongside his engineering roles at Xero and multiple Microsoft-facing projects. A former Microsoft Azure MVP and active contributor to the popular azure-iot-remote-monitoring repo, Seth has shipped backend IoT features such as cellular device management and SMS handling. He runs a freelance consultancy producing UX-focused web work and content, demonstrating a rare mix of product design sensibility and cloud-native engineering.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Software and Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Software and Information Technology at Lincoln University (NZ)Burnside High School
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Github Skills (22)
azure-iothub10
iot10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
rest-api9
entity-framework8
asp-net-mvc8
cloud-infrastructure7
sql7
azure-pipelines6
azure6
nodejs6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-iot-remote-monitoring
Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
Azure IoT Remote Monitoring preconfigured solution
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:119 commits, 1 comment, 3 issues in 4 months
Contributions summary:Seth's commits primarily involve changes to the `azure/azure-iot-remote-monitoring` repository, which is a preconfigured solution for Azure IoT Remote Monitoring. The majority of the code changes center around the `DeviceAdministration` project, involving modifications to classes such as `DeviceLogic.cs`, `ExternalCellularService.cs` and implementing functionality related to managing and associating devices, specifically cellular devices. Furthermore, the commits indicate work related to the addition of features, such as the handling of SMS and updating sim status, with backend implementation.
preconfiguredazure-iotremote-monitoringazuremonitoring
sethreidnz/XeroTaxApp
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:67 PRs, 103 pushes, 62 branches in 21 days
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