Will Perry
Director Of Software Engineering at GitHub
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolWill Perry is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling cloud and developer-focused products across Microsoft, AWS, and GitHub. Currently directing the GitHub Copilot Extensibility team, he has led multiple major launches including Copilot Free and GitHub Models while managing cross-functional teams through private and public betas. His background spans hands-on engineering, SDET, and management—shipping Azure services, founding AWS Control Tower teams from preview to GA, and improving live-site operations for Dynamics 365. Known for coaching high-performance agile teams, he combines product-minded prioritization with a strong operational and data-driven DevOps ethos. Based in Seattle and bringing an engineering degree from Imperial College London, he also brings a creative, inclusive perspective reflected in his team leadership and community-facing work.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Computing, Bachelor of Engineering Computing at Imperial College London
English
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xaml
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Github Skills (20)
endpoints10
monitor9
xaml9
debugging9
trigger9
dotnet8
wpf6
smartthings6
homekit6
homebridge6
csharp4
recipe4
dotnet-core3
react3
redux2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
willpe/utils
Sep 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
willpe/ServiceRegistry
Oct 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 11 months
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