Stuart Padley
Software Engineer - Azure SQL SaaS ISV Engineering at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorStuart Padley is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader specializing in database systems and cloud-scale architectures, currently focused on Azure SQL SaaS ISV Engineering in Redmond. Over a 20+ year Microsoft career he has led and shipped foundational database technologies—from SQL Server engine work and In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) to launching Azure SQL Database, Synapse, Cosmos DB and large-scale Big Data Clusters. He combines hands-on design and implementation (OS abstraction, globalization, full-text search, sqlcmd tooling) with program and people leadership, having hired and grown principal- and partner-level engineers worldwide. Stuart has repeatedly driven devops and distributed transaction innovations (including research collaborations on Clock-SI) to enable millions-of-database-scale applications running in the cloud. Outside product work he co-founded a charity that has delivered nearly 30 homes and schools in India, reflecting a pragmatic approach to long-running, repeatable delivery. Known for turning research-grade ideas into production services, he blends deep systems craftsmanship with operational pragmatism.
8 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (80)
cosmosdb10
ruby10
microsoft-sql10
linux10
azure-sql-database10
azure-data-studio10
sql10
powershell10
sqlcmd10
azure-sql10
powerbi10
sql-server10
package-manager10
data-studio10
manifest10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
stuartpa/winget-pkgs
Sep 2022 - Feb 2024
The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository
Contributions:17 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 5 months
mdtwindows-package-managerwindowsmanifestmicrosoft-community
stuartpa/go-sqlcmd
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
Native go implementation of sqlcmd
Contributions:64 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
golangnative-gosqlcmd
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