Tom Cooper
Principal Software Engineering Lead at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Cooper is a Principal Software Engineering Lead at Microsoft with eight years of focused experience building networking, voice chat, and multiplayer platforms for Xbox and Windows. He architects and ships real-time communication solutions—including speech-to-text and text-to-speech accessibility features—that make in-game voice chat usable for a wider range of players. As an individual contributor and team lead he blends deep systems and networking knowledge with a people-first management style, fostering a culture of mutual respect and inclusivity while delivering reliable multiplayer services. Tom has driven APIs and platform features used by game studios and players worldwide, and champions accessibility and security across the stack. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he balances technical leadership with a grounded curiosity—often proved by scouting the region’s flattest 5K running routes on Microsoft’s trails.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Physics, Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Physics at University of Miami
Github Skills (12)
azure10
recipe10
game-development10
playfab10
windows-app10
unity3d10
windows9
multiplayer5
cpp5
game-dev2
websocket2
http2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PlayFab/PlayFabMultiplayer
Mar 2023 - Jan 2025
PlayFab Multiplayer C++ SDK
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 10 months
cppmultiplayerplayfab
MicrosoftDocs/playfab-docs
Nov 2019 - Aug 2022
Documentation for the Azure PlayFab service for game development
Contributions:9 commits in 2 years 9 months
azuregame-developmentplayfab
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