Wayne Ferrao
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWayne Ferrao is a software engineer with eight years of full‑stack experience, currently building distributed systems at Microsoft from his base in Seattle. He focuses on scalable, user‑centric software and has contributed to high‑visibility open source work on Microsoft’s Fluid Framework, improving error handling and data integrity for real‑time collaboration. Wayne’s background spans startup and enterprise roles where he shipped React/TypeScript front ends, Node.js and Ruby back ends, and AWS integrations—plus a track record of automating workflows that saved tangible costs. A former teacher with a biology and computer science education, he brings clear communication and a knack for turning complex technical challenges into practical, well-documented solutions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology at University of TorontoToronto Metropolitan University
English, Korean
Github Skills (11)
fluid-framework10
typescript10
error-handling10
javascript10
typescripts10
realtime10
distribute10
crdt10
typescript-types10
collaboration9
telemetry9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/FluidFramework
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Library for building distributed, real-time collaborative web applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:234 reviews, 37 commits, 220 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Wayne made several contributions to the `microsoft/fluidframework` repository. These changes include refactoring code by updating from `assert` to `UsageError`, adding runtime versioning for telemetry related to `DataCorruptionErrors`, and removing summary count from the runtime. Additionally, the user implemented concurrent op checks in the DeltaManager to prevent non-deterministic outcomes when sending ops. These changes indicate a focus on improving error handling, data integrity, and overall system stability.
datastructurerealtimereal-timeweb-applicationsfluid-framework
WayneFerrao/FrameWorkAnalysis
Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Side project that used React and NodeJS to create a webpage highlighting the pros and cons of using these frameworks.
Contributions:80 PRs, 135 pushes, 20 branches in 9 months
nodejsreact
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