Summary
Victoria Duarte is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with nine years of hands-on experience building firmware and driver tooling for FPGA fleets in Azure. She leads development and global deployment of a C++ firmware update application, pairing kernel-mode and hardware library expertise with production monitoring via Kusto to ensure safe, reliable rollouts. Her background spans embedded systems, VHDL-based FPGA design and simulation, cross-platform Python tooling, and rapid prototyping that translated C/C++/PowerShell tests into reusable Python wrappers. A McMaster Computer Engineering graduate with a Minor in Innovation, she blends low-level systems work with practical automation and test infrastructure. Based in Seattle, she brings both production-scale deployment experience and a knack for converting hardware workflows into developer-friendly software. An early role teaching coding to high school students hints at strong communication skills and a commitment to mentoring and knowledge transfer.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering at McMaster University
Ontario Secondary School Diploma Information Technology (Specialist High Skills Major), Ontario Secondary School Diploma Information Technology (Specialist High Skills Major) at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School
Portuguese Language and Literature, Portuguese Language and Literature at Father Michael Goetz Catholic Secondary School
QCSYS 2015 Alumni, QCSYS 2015 Alumni at University of Waterloo
English, French, Portuguese