Shengyu Fu
Partner Applied Science Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShengyu Fu is a seasoned applied science leader with nearly two decades of engineering and management experience, currently a Partner Applied Science Manager at Microsoft in Redmond focused on bringing ML and AI into developer tools. He has led CoreAI initiatives as a Principal Applied Science Manager and has a track record of turning research into production features, including contributions to extensible backend services like microsoft/sqltoolsservice. Holding an MS and PhD-level engineering background from UNC Charlotte and a BS from Tianjin University, Shengyu blends deep technical expertise with product-driven leadership. He has shipped large-scale systems across Microsoft and other enterprises, and his early career spans software engineering and process roles in both the U.S. and China. Known for recruiting and mentoring senior research and applied scientists, he’s currently building what he describes as Copilot-like experiences for developers—a sign of his focus on developer productivity and practical AI impact. An unspoken strength is his hands-on comfort across backend extensibility, integration testing, and bridging research prototypes to robust services.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Engineering, Ph.D Engineering at University of North Carolina at CharlotteB.S. Engineering, B.S. Engineering at Tianjin University
Chinese
Github Skills (9)
api10
csharp10
sql10
apidoc10
dotnet-core10
testing10
asp-net9
net9
dotnet9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/sqltoolsservice
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
SQL Tools API service that provides SQL Server data management capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Shengyu primarily focused on enhancing the SQL Tools API service, particularly concerning completion extension functionality. Their contributions involved implementing an ICompletionExtension interface, integrating MEF for extension discovery, and refining the logic for loading and executing these extensions. They also made several code modifications and updates to integration tests. These improvements demonstrate a focus on improving the service's capabilities and extensibility for SQL Server data management.
data-serverapidata-managementsql-serversqlserver
microsoft/Tokenizer
Apr 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 releases, 32 reviews, 34 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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