Alonso Garza

Alonso Garza

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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States

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  • Microsoft
    Software Engineer II
    Microsoft
    May 2021 - Current (5 years 6 months)
    • Agent Discovery & Teams Store: Built React-based Copilot agent discovery experiences and led Teams Store redesign efforts, enabling users to discover and apps and AI agents. Achieved significant app engagement through enhanced user experience and responsive design.
    • Cross-Platform Integration: Brought agent and app discovery experiences from Teams to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook through responsive design and platform-specific integrations. Worked closely with multiple product teams to ensure consistent experiences across Microsoft's productivity suite.
    • App Bar & Search Systems: Led app bar performance optimizations and search/suggestions feature rollouts. Built data management systems that reduced network calls and im
  • Obsidian
    Software Engineer
    Obsidian
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
    • Published Deno’s first native GraphQL caching client and server library to dynamically parse GraphQL queries, caching responses in client-side or server-side storage, built for Deno’s Oak framework and server-side rendered React applications.
    • Developed React Context provider, exposing a custom hook, to integrate normalization and destructuring capabilities on the client-side, abstract GraphQL queries, by creating a global and robust cache resulting in reduced latency when subsequent queries are executed and eliminating the need for prop-drilling.
    • Leveraged a Redis database to create a scalable relational cache with developer-specified expiration to improve server performance and response latency. Utilized Docker to container
  • Codesmith
    Software Engineer
    Codesmith
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
    • Educational Platform Development: Contributed to React-based learning platform with focus on reusable components and clean architecture. Improved development workflow through Docker containerization.
    • Mentoring & Code Quality: Conducted code reviews and mentored junior developers on React patterns and JavaScript best practices. Helped establish engineering standards across the team.
  • ExxonMobil
    Process Engineer
    ExxonMobil
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)
    • Process Automation: Built VBA-based monitoring tools and automated reporting systems. Improved operational efficiency and reduced manual data processing
    • Data Analysis & Optimization: Analyzed performance data and developed solutions that increased system capacity. Applied engineering principles to solve complex operational challenges.
  • Texas Tech University
    Physics Supplemental Instructor
    Texas Tech University
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year 1 month)
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  • Texas Tech University
    Chemical Engineering
    Texas Tech University
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