Thomas Lai
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolThomas Lai is a software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications across defense, government, consulting, and cloud platform environments, currently contributing at Microsoft in Seattle. He has a strong engineering foundation with graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Management Sciences, and formal CS study at the University of Michigan, which he combines with practical skills in React, JavaScript, Flask, SQL Server/Postgres, and Agile delivery. Thomas has repeatedly owned end-to-end projects—most notably internal tools that automated metadata extraction and budget workflows—delivering measurable time savings for large organizations. Comfortable translating non-technical stakeholder needs into robust requirements, he blends motion-control and manufacturing domain knowledge from his earlier career with modern software practices. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions that reduce manual effort, he brings a systems-minded approach and cross-disciplinary perspective to product development.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Michigan College of EngineeringThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
sounds10
react-components10
material-ui10
simulator10
react10
switch10
redux10
keyboard10
mui9
typescript9
javascript9
material-design9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tplai/pposture
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:40 commits, 38 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
tplai/kbsim
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Mechanical keyboard simulator website w/ a typing test. Offers 10+ unique switch sounds, layouts, and keyboard colors for an oddly satisfying typing experience.
Contributions:254 commits, 15 PRs, 260 pushes in 1 year 5 months
typing-testreactmechanical-keyboardkeyboard-simulatorlayouts
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