Michael Snider

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft

Software engineer with 8+ years of experience developing full-stack web services, apis, and websites for digital maps and navigation to help people explore the world. Coding is my craft and I plan to create more products users love. I’m passionate about learning new skills, being productive, and mentoring with care.

Michael Snider

Software

2022 - Present

Route enrichments for maps, bing, and copilot working across multiple stacks. Modernization of bing route apis with .NET Core on Linux and gRPC for azure route apis. Polyline smoothness. 1% drop in bad requests. Delayed segments for mobile. Route debugger website. Commute ETA lookup on windows.


Beacon

2016 - 2021

Device location notification service for teams, family safety, bing, and outlook time to leave. Batch inference infrastructure. Location inference viewer website. Home/work apis.

Hackathon achievements

Bring my pet home collar (2019 One Week, 2nd place in Maps and Geospatial), Find my family (2017 Cortana Skills, 1st place), and Music ticket bot (2017 One Week, 2nd place Millennials).

Internships

Microsoft (2015). Location history for Microsoft privacy dashboard. Speed test search result for Bing (hackathon).

Open Roads Consulting (2013, 2014). Event planning, travel time, and localization for the traffic management system. Website for quality assurance.

Designs

Aug - Sep 2023

Designed an app and responsive website for reporting neighborhood emergencies and learning safety practices.


Jun - Aug 2023

Designed a responsive website for voting in an annual game awards event to learn about responsive web design and Adobe XD.


Mar - Jun 2023

Designed an app for a café menu as an introduction to the design process and Figma.