Steven Hitchcock
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Hitchcock is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with eight years of experience blending UX-focused engineering and game localization expertise. Based in Seattle, he moved from localization testing—ensuring games read and behave correctly across languages—to building detached-cloud UX features, bringing a tester's eye for edge cases to development. He also designs independent games, including the award-winning typing tutor Keyboard Kommander, demonstrating product-minded creativity alongside technical skill. With a BA in Mathematics and a knack for spotting localization and UX pitfalls early, he bridges quality assurance and software delivery to ship polished user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, 3.43, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, 3.43 at Lewis and Clark College
Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
senate6
django5
javascript4
democracy4
python4
django-rest-framework4
internet3
css1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
EdwardDunn/Platform-Game
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:11 commits in 1 month
javascripthtml-javascriptgameplatform-game
karanpanjabi/first-contributions
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
yet-anothercssjavascript
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