Thomas Sparks
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Sparks is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with over five years of experience building polished front-end experiences, currently focused on creative projects like game development and interactive UIs. He has a track record of shipping thoughtful UX improvements in high-profile open-source projects such as Microsoft MakeCode, where he contributed refinements to the image editor and multiplayer lobby. Based in Redmond, he blends practical engineering with a humanities background—having studied classics—and enjoys experimenting with unconventional problem-solving approaches. Outside core product work he maintains a game design portfolio and has applied his skills across SQL Server features and internships at MITRE, showing breadth from systems to playful, user-facing software.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (13)
typescript10
typescripts10
lessc10
multiplayer10
typescript-types10
multiplayer-game10
react10
editor9
css9
editors9
html8
blockly7
powershell6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/pxt
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Microsoft MakeCode (PXT - Programming eXperience Toolkit)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:720 reviews, 52 commits, 410 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the MakeCode (PXT) repository, as evidenced by the commits related to UI and styling. They fixed formatting issues with buttons, adjusted the sizing of elements in the image editor, and updated the appearance of the multiplayer UI. The user also implemented a beta indicator, added a mute button, and made the join code clickable. Furthermore, the user refactored and updated the appearance of the multiplayer lobby.
minecraftadafruitpxtjavascriptexperience-toolkit
thsparks/roller-coaster-builder
Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:45 releases, 114 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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