Erik Sommer

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft on Power BI

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Computer Engineering with a passion for embedded systems development, but currently demonstrating my (other) love for software. Daily work consists of developing tools to help with telemetry and showing other teams how to take advantage of them. The majority of the work is web-based, currently leveraging the C# MVC and WebApi frameworks. Also learning how to take advantage of the various JavaScript libraries to build a UI that has an excellent user experience. Previous work was more hardware focused. Using C, C++, VHDL, and Assembly to program embedded systems based on Atmel chips. Strong ability to help other users debug their code, excellent communication and documentation skills

Experience

  • Microsoft ()
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Mar 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

    • Software Engineer II
      Feb 2016 - Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Working on visuals for the PowerBI team.

    • Software Engineer II
      Sep 2015 - Feb 2016 · 6 mos

      Converted previously difficult to maintain code into simpler, easier to maintain modules; Built client-side web-applications to help improve the quality of the Engineering System; Worked with project managers to define requirements and implement features for the Build system; Moved existing and deployed new services to the cloud using fully automated deployments;

  • Mobile Applications Developer Intern at Xorbix Technologies
    Oct 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Designing and building web and mobile applications for Android, iOS, and PCs.

  • Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Intern at Microsoft
    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 · 3 mos

    Development, tested, and implement a framework to aid with feature testing and improve resource coverage

  • SEPP Sprockets Enhancement Project at Rockwell Collins
    Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 · 3 mos

    Wrote a Java to Matlab interface that allowed for testing of Simulink models using an external graphical interface.

  • Johnson Controls - Power Solutions (1 yr)
    • Product Engineering Intern
      Sep 2010 - May 2011 · 9 mos

      Restructure internal web pages Develop applications for asset and project tracking Streamline time tracking software

    • IT Training Intern
      Jun 2010 - Oct 2010 · 5 mos

      Developed and led nationwide training courses on essential programs Converted critical documentation into a standardized format Cleaned up and updated users in global systems