Nicholas
Taijeron
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Redmond WA
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholastaijeron
Professional Summary
Experienced Software Engineer with 13 years of expertise in building secure, accessible, and scalable applications. Proficient in full-stack development and cloud technologies, with a strong background in Azure, CI/CD automation, and telemetry-driven system monitoring. Known for enhancing accessibility, leading testing initiatives, and supporting global product launches. Proven track record in streamlining processes and improving system resilience.
Skills
Languages: C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java
Frameworks: .NET, ASP.NET, React, Redux, Node.js, Bootstrap, Fluent UI, Jest
Cloud & DevOps: Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines
Testing & Quality: Automated Test Frameworks, End-to-End Testing
Design & Accessibility: UX Design, WCAG 2.1 Accessibility Standards
Security: MSAL-based Authentication, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
AI Integration: GitHub Copilot
Databases: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Table Storage, SQL Server
Telemetry & Observability: Kusto (KQL), Application Insights, Azure Log Analytics
Version Control: Git, Azure Repos
Work History
Software Engineer II | 07/2015 to 07/2025
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA
Engineered an Azure VM provisioning portal called Trusted Development Cloud with React, Redux, Node.js, and Fluent UI, reducing setup time by 80% for 500+ users.
Designed and deployed a full-stack feedback system (React + REST API) for TDC, streamlining issue reporting, and accelerating resolution times.
Collaborated with security, compliance, and infrastructure teams to implement secure authentication and certificate management via MSAL and Microsoft Entra/Active Directory.
Led Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) efforts, including full regional failover testing, risk assessments, and developer training, resulting in Microsoft BCDR compliance approval.
Improved TDC's accessibility by resolving over 100 WCAG 2.1 violations and aligning the UI with Microsoft standards, enhancing usability for thousands of global users.
Led development of secured, front-end UX portal to render confidential government documents for over 100 government users.
Developed a custom Rich Text Editor and markdown rendering feature for Engineering Hub platform. Reached over 3000 MAU and cut down time to review and deploy by over 50%.
Deployed Application Insights, Log Analytics, and reusable telemetry schemas into TDC to enable structured monitoring, diagnostics, and traceability across services.
Architected deployment strategy for Engineering Hub rollout to National Cloud Operation Entities, enabling secure delivery across air-gapped environments.
Integrated GitHub Copilot into Engineering Hub for AI-assisted content review, risk evaluation, and enhanced documentation search.
Software Engineer | 07/2014 to 07/2015
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA
Designed and developed Consumer Store, a full-stack internal web application using ASP.NET MVC and Bootstrap, enabling safe pre-release testing of Universal Store features, and payment flows.
Simulated production-level catalog and payment API calls to support robust feature validation without impacting live Xbox or Windows storefronts.
Built customizable manual testing suites that allowed testers to select products, user accounts, and purchase scenarios, streamlining QA workflows, and reducing testing dependencies.
Enabled curated test data and conducted comprehensive end-to-end testing of digital product purchases and subscriptions to ensure quality before public release.
Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, QA, and product teams to identify and resolve issues early, enhancing product stability and user experience.
Software Engineer in Test | 07/2012 to 07/2014
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA
Authored over 1,000 test cases for the Entertainment Data Service (EDS) API, ensuring reliable content delivery for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and contributing to a flawless Xbox One launch.
Built an automated validation service that distributed thousands of test cases across cloud-based VMs, enabling continuous testing, and reducing manual QA effort by approximately 50%.
Developed a custom internal API UI testing tool for validating EDS API endpoints across test and production, accelerating regression testing, and issue detection.
Performed hands-on, end-to-end testing using Xbox One beta hardware to verify real-world EDS API integration, identifying critical issues prior to production release.
Detected and helped resolve hundreds of pre-release bugs through automated testing, improving product stability, and boosting confidence in production deployments.
Education
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, CA
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
Key Achievements
Built an internal Azure VM self-service portal used by over 500 engineers, cutting the average provisioning time from hours to minutes, approximately 80% reduction, and eliminating manual processes
Delivered a secure documentation portal for an air-gapped government cloud, enabling hundreds of authorized users to access confidential documents
Engineered an automated API test service on Xbox that ran thousands of test cases on cloud VMs, reducing manual QA effort by ~50%, run time by over 80%, and catching hundreds of bugs before production releases
Created a mock internal store for end-to-end testing of Windows Universal Store product hydrations, recommendations, and purchase flows for hundreds of Windows developers
Led Microsoft accessibility standards for the Trusted Development Cloud portal, resolving over 100 WCAG 2.1 violations, and improving usability across screen readers and mobile devices
Directed BCDR (Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery) drills and documentation for a critical Azure service, improving system resilience, and achieving official compliance approval by successfully validating full regional failover capabilities
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