Benjin Dubishar
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjin Dubishar is a Software Engineer II based in Seattle with 13 years of experience building robust backend and frontend systems at Microsoft, with a focus on SQL/Azure platform features and security. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Azure Data Studio, where he improves accessibility and UI narration, and sqltoolsservice, enhancing SQL Server deployment and tooling capabilities. His background spans encryption/security work, database engineering, and front-end accessibility—bridging low-level data management with usable developer and end-user experiences. Trained in software engineering and psychology at RIT, he brings a human-centered perspective to technical problems, from accessibility attributes to deployment validation. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, test-driven improvements that make large-scale database tools both more secure and more usable.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS Software Engineering, BS Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of TechnologyComputer Science Artifical Intelligence, Computer Science Artifical Intelligence at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
English
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Github Skills (25)
accessibility10
accessibilityservice10
typescript10
ui-design10
sql-server10
uid10
front-end-development10
sql10
database-design10
typescript-types10
dotnet-core10
acessibility10
typescripts10
csharp10
testing9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/sqltoolsservice
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
SQL Tools API service that provides SQL Server data management capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:214 reviews, 24 commits, 142 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Benjin primarily contributed to the `microsoft/sqltoolsservice` repository, focusing on enhancing SQL Server data management capabilities. Their work involved adding support for SqlCmdVars in DacFx Deploy and GenerateDeployScript functionalities, which improved the deployment process and script generation. The user also implemented validation for streaming jobs and addressed code-related issues such as filename capitalization and version bumps, demonstrating proficiency in SQL tools and related testing. Additionally, they worked on splitting default DacFx options for publish and schema compare, adding test calls and handling default publish options requests.
sql-serversqltools
microsoft/azuredatastudio
Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
Azure Data Studio is a data management and development tool with connectivity to popular cloud and on-premises databases. Azure Data Studio supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, with immediate capability to connect to Azure SQL and SQL Server. Browse the extension library for more database support options including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:2 releases, 717 reviews, 136 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjin focused on improving the accessibility of UI elements within Azure Data Studio. Their work involved adding and modifying aria labels and roles for buttons and tables to enhance screen reader compatibility. They implemented features such as adding aria attributes to specific components to improve narration and overall usability. The user also contributed to input box improvements by adding aria-live support.
azure-data-studioazure-sqldatabasedatabaseslinux
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