David Pokluda
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Pokluda is a Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms, currently leading architecture for the next generation of Azure Policy in Azure Core Governance. He has built mission-critical services on both Azure and AWS that serve hundreds of millions of users, including exabyte-scale data pipelines for Microsoft Sentinel and update/distribution infrastructure for Windows and Microsoft Store. A strong practitioner of test-driven development and API-first design, he has led cross-language SDK deliveries (C#, Java, Python, TypeScript) and contributed to the Azure SDK for .NET, notably on IoT Device Update. Based in Redmond, he combines deep mathematical training (Ph.D. work in dynamical systems) with pragmatic system design, favoring simple, maintainable solutions for complex problems. He is known for mentoring engineers and driving reliable, secure cloud services that scale.
6 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Dynamical Systems Chaos Mathematical Analysis, Ph.D. Dynamical Systems Chaos Mathematical Analysis at Silesian University in Opava
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Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 8 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the release of the Device Update for IoT Hub SDK for .NET, focusing on the core functionalities of the SDK. They were involved in implementing new features and fixing existing bugs, including creating and updating deployments. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the .NET framework and related SDKs. Additionally, the user has worked on Azure-related services, as evidenced by the commits focused on Azure IoT Device Update.
azureazure-sdkdotnetmicrosoftc-sharp
dpokluda/DotNet
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
Contributions:50 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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