Tien Suwandy
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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RockstarTien Suwandy is a Software Engineer with eight years of experience focused on back-end and full-stack development, currently active in the Greater Seattle Area. He contributes at a Principal SDE level on prominent Microsoft open-source projects, notably the Bot Framework across Python, JavaScript, .NET, and sample repositories, where he has improved NLU integrations, Teams features, orchestrator samples, and configuration deserialization. Tien blends practical DevOps work—updating dependencies and project files—with hands-on coding that spans Django/Flask migrations, adaptive cards, and messaging extensions. His cross-language contributions and attention to robust configuration and sample usability show a bias for developer experience and production-ready tooling. Notably, he has worked on widely used Microsoft bot SDKs, helping bridge SDK internals with real-world Teams and orchestration scenarios.
8 years of coding experience
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
Oct 2017 - Jun 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:29 reviews, 31 commits, 26 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Tien primarily focused on improving and updating the Bot Framework samples, particularly those related to orchestrator functionality. Their work involved updating dependencies, adjusting project files (csproj, package.json), and removing hardcoded values to enhance the samples' usability. Furthermore, the user updated the code by fixing orchestrator samples and updating botbuilder.ai.orchestrator package version. Additionally, the user contributed to the project by adding missing language files.
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microsoft/botbuilder-js
Apr 2018 - Oct 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework SDK for JavaScript repository, which is the home for the libraries and packages that enable developers to build sophisticated bot applications using JavaScript.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 166 commits, 31 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Tien primarily contributed to the `botbuilder-js` repository by updating and implementing features related to Teams-based bots. Their work included modifications to sample bots to align with `TeamsActivityHandler` signatures, as well as the addition of file upload and roster bot functionalities. The user also integrated search-based messaging extension features and addressed various aspects of adaptive cards and O365 connector cards to enhance the bot's capabilities.
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