Shawn Hargreaves
Principal Dev Lead at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Hargreaves is a Principal Dev Lead at Microsoft with over a decade of experience shaping graphics and game technology, currently leading the Direct3D team. He has driven core graphics and tooling across Windows Phone, Win2D, ANGLE, and PIX, and previously architected content pipelines and networking for XNA Game Studio. Before Microsoft he led engine and art-pipeline development for console racing titles on platforms from Nintendo 64 to Xbox 360, blending low-level performance work in C++, HLSL and assembly with high-level C# frameworks. An active contributor to Win2D, he improved drawing performance and example UIs—including an ink pencil demo—while fixing build and memory issues, showing a hands-on commitment to both developer experience and runtime efficiency. Based in Seattle, his unusual background combining a BA in Music with deep graphics and toolchain expertise gives him a creative perspective on technical problem solving.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA Music, BA Music at York University
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Github Skills (15)
uwp10
unit-testing10
uid10
direct3d10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
xaml10
direct2d10
image-processing10
win2d6
suspend6
save6
windows-runtime6
png6
resume6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/Win2D
Apr 2014 - Apr 2020
Win2D is an easy-to-use Windows Runtime API for immediate mode 2D graphics rendering with GPU acceleration. It is available to C#, C++ and VB developers writing apps for the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). It utilizes the power of Direct2D, and integrates seamlessly with XAML and CoreWindow.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 660 commits, 37 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Shawn primarily focused on the development of Win2D's drawing capabilities and example code. Their contributions involved significant UI development by implementing new features and enhancements for the Example Gallery, including incorporating a pencil rendering for the Ink demo. They also implemented performance enhancements by refactoring the Win2D framework for improved drawing performance and fixed build and memory leaks.
windows-runtimeimmediate-moderuntimeaccelerationwindows-universal
shawnhar/HikingTahoma
May 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:468 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 8 months
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