Summary
Tyler Kelly is a mid-level embedded software engineer with 10 years of experience and an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science, currently contributing as Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft from Saint Petersburg, FL. He has a strong track record optimizing performance-critical systems—most notably architecting a policy-based linear algebra API that cut key function runtimes by over 30% and resolving a persistent database deadlock through careful redesign. Tyler pairs systems-level C++ expertise with practical DevOps skills, having automated CI/CD pipelines that saved his team roughly 50 person-hours per week. His background includes building scalable distributed services (Django/Celery in Docker) and cross-platform mobile apps used by tens of thousands, reflecting breadth across embedded, backend, and mobile domains. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who emphasizes encapsulation, safe concurrency, and measurable performance gains.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Florida State University