Tim Santeford
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolTim Santeford is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience and a decade specializing in ad tech, building scalable APIs, Azure-based systems, and reusable React UI frameworks. At Microsoft he led development of internal tools that make 100M+ daily conversation messages searchable and actionable for AI model training, while also contributing to high-performance backend services. He has a strong track record of bridging frontend and backend concerns—creating API frameworks for 30+ microservices, leveraging Kubernetes, serverless patterns, and observability with Grafana. Tim is known for mentoring teams, improving developer velocity through shared libraries and best practices, and making complex systems more maintainable. He combines hands-on coding and architectural leadership from startups to large enterprises, with early experience modernizing legacy monoliths into React-driven platforms. Based in Sarasota, FL, he brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to unlocking value from high-volume systems and accelerating experimentation.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
AA General Transfer, AA General Transfer at Clark CollegeB.A. Computer Science Minor in Management of Information Systems, B.A. Computer Science Minor in Management of Information Systems at Washington State University
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Github Skills (70)
ui-components10
component-library10
jsx10
javascript10
keyboard-shortcuts10
api10
console10
typescript10
wrapper10
eslint-config10
windows-xp10
nullable10
internet-explorer10
react10
jquery9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
appnexus/anx-api
Nov 2014 - Jul 2022
Javascript wrapper for the AppNexus Console API
Contributions:350 commits, 88 PRs, 190 pushes in 7 years 8 months
apijsconsole-apiapi-wrapperconsole
appnexus/anx-cli
Jun 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 5 pushes, 3 tags in 9 months
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