Nell Shamrell-Harrington

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineer

   Microsoft

   Oct 2020 — Present

   Open Source Security Engineer in the Azure Office of the CTO * Rust things and more inside and outside Microsoft Lead Engineer on ClearlyDefined (https://clearlydefined.io/)* Leads engineering on a platform which calculates and stores license definitions for > components across Open Source ecosystems * Manages a microservices architecture (including containers, serverless functions, and more) on Azure handling an average of requests per day * Manages external contractors as primary point of contact - includes advising on and reviewing work, setting priorities, and constructing contracts and ensuring payment is rendered * Mentors both internal Microsoft Engineers and external Community Members through Open Source engineering contributions, including private and public code reviews Rust * Represents Microsoft on the Rust Foundation Board of Directors * Mentors internal and external engineers through writing Rust code and contributing to Rust Open Source projects * Speaks extensively about Rust both inside Microsoft and in the external Rustacean community

Education

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Ruby Programming

  2011 — 2012

• University of Puget Sound

  B.A., Theatre

  2003 — 2007