Sonya Lao
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSonya Lao is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with a decade of hands-on experience building AI-infused experiences in M365, currently contributing to MSAI Experiences and previously to Graph Connectors and Edge teams. She blends product-focused engineering with data-savvy problem solving—skills honed through internships at AWS and recurring roles teaching data visualization and Excel across the University of Washington. Sonya has practical experience across the cloud stack, telemetry and BI (from early work on SQL Server tools to Power BI), and a history of rebuilding internal tools and dashboards that improve team productivity. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, she brings a curious, user-centered approach to integrating research-driven features into large-scale consumer productivity products.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of WashingtonNewport High School
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
robot4
robotics3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sonyalao/sonyalao.github.io
Apr 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:39 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
UW-CSE442-WI20/FP-airbnbs-in-new-york
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:58 commits, 48 pushes in 17 days
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