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Jeremy Meese

Jeremy Meese

Senior Software Engineer

Titirangi, Auckland, NZ
(022) 321-4053

Background


About

About

Passionate about solving complex problems with well-designed, scalable systems. I have built my career working across a diverse range of technologies—from Azure product development and big data engineering to web API design, CI/CD, and data visualization. My expertise spans C#, ASP.NET Core, SQL, Kusto, TypeScript, Entra ID, experimentation frameworks, Swagger, and visualization tools like Power BI and R with ggplot2.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft - Azure Communication Services

    May, 2020 - Jan, 20254 years 8 months

    Tech lead of Azure Communication Services Resource Provider, building secure, scalable infrastructure across global and sovereign Azure clouds.

    • Architected and delivered high-availability control/data plane services aligned with Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative.

    • Reduced service cost by 80% through strategic data restructuring and optimization.

    • Owned CI/CD pipelines, credential flows (Managed Identity, certificates, Federated Identity), and TypeScript-based Azure Portal UX.

    • Generated and maintained JavaScript SDKs, integrating with partner teams to support evolving ACS features.

  • Software Engineer II, Microsoft - Windows Search

    May, 2018 - May, 20202 years

    Drove quality and observability efforts for the Windows Search Indexer, used by millions of devices.

    • Built telemetry pipelines and Docker-based enrichment tools to process petabytes of device data.

    • Correlated system health with real-world usage profiles via device census integration.

    • Identified regressions and prioritized bugs using automated crash data (Watson).

    • Accelerated feature iteration through robust monitoring and early fault detection.

  • Software Engineer II, Microsoft - Windows Developer Ecosystem Platform

    Sep, 2016 - May, 20181 year 8 months

    Focused on performance and reliability of the Windows composition stack through data-driven analysis.

    • Built and maintained telemetry pipelines to monitor feature-level reliability.

    • Integrated R and ggplot for agile regression analysis.

    • Used kernel debugging and crash dump analysis to detect platform-level issues.

    • Delivered dashboards and data workflows reused across multiple Windows releases.

  • Software Development Engineer in Test, Microsoft - Windows Phone XAML

    Sep, 2013 - Sep, 20163 years

    Test developer for media playback on Windows Phone and converged XAML platform, ensuring OS release stability.

    • Designed and executed automated test matrices for audio/video playback across devices.

    • Collaborated with dev teams to improve testability and reliability of new features.

    • Automated handling of transient test failures, increasing lab efficiency.

    • Supported releases including Windows Phone 8.1 by identifying high-priority bugs

  • Software Engineer, Kiwiplan

    Nov, 2012 - Mar, 20134 months

    New grad hire on ESP team - an application for packaging manufacturers.

    • Designed and implemented script migration system in VB.NET to handle breaking changes.

    • Reduced upgrade friction for users and improved feature adoption.

    • Ramped up quickly on proprietary systems and legacy codebase.

    • Collaborated with QA to build maintainable test plans for future releases.

Skills

Skills

  • Tech

    ASP.NET Core

    Azure (Cosmos DB, Entra ID)

    CI/CD

    Telemetry

  • Languages

    C#

    Typescript

    SQL

Education

Education

  • Science, Bachelor, University of Auckland

    Jul, 2009 - Jun, 2012

    First in Course: Computer Science 225 Discrete Structures in Mathematics and Computer Science

    First in Course: Computer Science 314 Modern Data Communications

    First in Course: Computer Science 320 Applied Algorithmics Computer Science

    First in Course: Computer Science 350 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science

Awards

Awards

  • Bachelor of Science Best In Programme Award 2012 , University of Auckland

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2013

  • The New Zealand Computer Society Cup and Shield , University of Auckland

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2013