Vincent Biret
Principal Software Developer at Microsoft
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolVincent Biret is a Principal Software Developer based in Montreal with 12 years of experience building cloud-native REST API experiences, currently focused on Azure OpenAI and Foundry client integrations. At Microsoft he has progressed from developer to principal, blending backend reliability work—OpenAPI, SDKs, retry/cancellation handling—and full‑stack contributions around SharePoint Framework and CLI tooling. He’s an active open-source contributor to well-known projects such as Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Graph SDK, Kiota and OpenAPI.NET, often tackling performance bottlenecks, async refactors, and build/release hygiene. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, Vincent pairs deep protocol and API design expertise with hands-on fixes (from overflow bugs to plugin manifest support) that improve developer and runtime reliability.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at SUPINFOBaccalauréat Scientifique avec sciences de l'ingénieur et spécialité mathématiques, Baccalauréat Scientifique avec sciences de l'ingénieur et spécialité mathématiques at lycée marie madeleine fourcade
English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (47)
asynchronous10
api-rest10
debug10
javascript10
microsoft10
api-design10
apidoc10
restful-api10
async10
sharepoint-framework10
net10
typescript10
dotnet10
sharepoint10
java10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-java
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Microsoft Graph SDK for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 releases, 997 reviews, 1016 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Vincent primarily contributed to bug fixes related to the retry handler, specifically addressing arithmetic overflow issues. Their commits also included improvements to code related to uploading sessions, such as changes to content types and data handling. Additional commits involved updating the version number and upgrading Gradle, indicating a focus on code maintenance and build system improvements within the project.
sdkmicrosoft-graph-sdkmicrosoft-graphgraphmicrosoft
microsoft/kiota
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
OpenAPI based HTTP Client code generator
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:91 releases, 8430 reviews, 3502 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Vincent's commits primarily focus on modifying the codebase for release preparation, including updating the changelog and making minor code fixes. Their work involves updating the project's dependencies, particularly related to OpenAPI and, implicitly, code generation tools. They also addressed a bug related to line returns breaking generated code within a builder class, indicating involvement in the code generation pipeline.
openapi-codegenpythonopenapi-specificationopenapiruby
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