Whitney Schmidt
Software Engineer II - Visual Studio Version Control at Microsoft
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWhitney Schmidt is a software engineer with 7 years of experience building developer-facing tools and cross-platform apps at Microsoft, currently focused on Git integration for Visual Studio. She bridges front-end and back-end work across desktop and web, with deep experience in C#, WPF, XAML, C++, and platform bindings from her Xamarin.iOS/Mac work. Whitney has maintained compatibility with evolving Apple SDKs in the prominent dotnet/macios project, showing a knack for adapting large codebases to new platform APIs and betas. Trained in both computer science and creative writing, she combines technical rigor with clear communication and a passion for storytelling and community-building in the workplace. Based in Cambridge, MA, she thrives on making complex developer workflows feel intuitive and reliable.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Creative Writing, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Creative Writing at University of Washington
Github Skills (8)
swift10
ios10
uikit9
objective-c9
healthkit8
photo8
carplay8
mapkit8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/macios
Jun 2019 - Nov 2022
.NET for iOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, and tvOS provide open-source bindings of the Apple SDKs for use with .NET managed languages such as C#
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:153 reviews, 52 commits, 159 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Whitney's commits primarily focus on updating the codebase to support the latest Xcode 11, 12, and Xcode 11.4 beta versions, specifically for the CarPlay, QuickLook, Contacts, HealthKit, PencilKit, Photos, GameKit, CoreVideo, NearbyInteraction, and MapKit frameworks. Their work involves modifying bindings and adapting the code to incorporate new APIs, remove deprecated methods, and address compatibility issues arising from the beta releases, which indicates they are responsible for maintaining compatibility with Apple's evolving SDKs. This includes adding new features and applying bug fixes across various frameworks.
dotnettvoscsharpiosxamarin
whitneyschmidt/HelloWorld
Mar 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:7 PRs, 20 pushes, 38 branches in 3 years 5 months
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