Stephen Peters
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Peters is a Principal Software Engineer with over 7 years at Microsoft and a career spanning low-level Linux device drivers to modern .NET microservices. He leads cross-team technical vision for Azure and Windows projects, coaches engineers in TDD and quality practices, and consistently drives legacy modernization and CI/CD improvements. A versatile hands-on developer, he contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as WinUI and React Native for Windows, improving UI components and ScrollView behavior at the C++/C# boundary. Known for rapidly learning new technologies and applying diverse systems experience, he blends deep systems debugging and performance work with cloud-native architecture and developer productivity. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he pairs enterprise-scale engineering leadership with a history of shipping dependable, test-driven systems.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
German
Github Skills (18)
c-language10
react-native10
scrollview10
uwp10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
cprogramming-language10
react10
winapi9
xaml9
react-native-component9
wp-api9
dotnet-new9
winui9
ws-api9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
Feb 2019 - Nov 2022
WinUI: a modern UI framework with a rich set of controls and styles to build dynamic and high-performing Windows applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 639 reviews, 238 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily worked on the "TeachingTip" component, implementing and refining its functionality. Their contributions involved porting the TeachingTip component, addressing typos, and making code optimizations within the C++ and C# codebases. The user also added tests to improve the test pattern for the component. Additionally, the user has made changes to the test patterns as well as UI.
windows-10wpfwindows-app-sdkuwpuwp-apps
microsoft/react-native-windows
May 2019 - Oct 2019
A framework for building native Windows apps with React.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 29 PRs, 13 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the React Native Windows framework by implementing and refining ScrollView functionalities. They focused on adding new properties related to scroll snap points, addressing horizontal scroll issues, and refactoring ScrollView-specific logic. The contributions also involved fixing build errors and optimizing the code by removing unnecessary dependencies and moving logic to shadow nodes. These changes enhance the ScrollView's behavior and improve the component's integration within the Windows environment.
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