Sara Schuster Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Microsoft Word• Owned the design, scheduling, implementation, and rollout of coauthoring on macro enabled documents which was critical to the retention of a high value customer• Developed a prototype for future improvements to above feature during a five-day hackathon that convinced engineering managers to invest in these improvements• Led a group of three engineers to complete a hackathon project which added a new social behavior to the app while balancing a varying range of people’s abilities• Interviewed candidates for software engineering positions• Worked with new full-time engineer to onboard him and ensure he became a successful and productive member of the team• Leveraged existing product telemetry to create a much-needed dashboard to catch and diagnose critical data loss bugs during the rollout of a new save API

Redmond, Washington, Us

Microsoft Word• Designed and implemented a new save mechanism that allowed AutoSave to transition from on to off safely without losing customer data• Wrote a telemetry alerting system in C# to eliminate the need for weekly review meetings• Launched more effective processes during my first stint on Word’s rotating maintenance team• Designed and implemented a solution that allowed real time coauthoring tasks to be processed quickly enough for a good user experience without starving other tasks

Weston, Fl, Us

Internal Tools• Extended functionality of internal resume grader in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and C# to score any type of resume instead of one system-delivered type

Weston, Fl, Us

New York, Ny, Us