Steve Adams

Software Developer / Content Author

Greater Seattle Area

About

I've written code on Microsoft and LAMP platforms, and written documentation for developers, IT pros, and end-users. I've worked with internal and external customers, both on my own and as part of a team.

Experience

  • Gap year at Career Break
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    A planned one-year sabbatical that's gotten a little out of hand... turns out I'm pretty good at "doing other things." Still open to interesting opportunities, though!

  • Senior Content Developer at Microsoft
    Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Content development as a sort of "utility player" for Azure Time Series Insights, Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service, and Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform, as well an unreleased vehicle-related development platform.

  • Senior Technical Writer at Google
    Jan 2020 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Identity and access management documentation for Google Cloud products Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, Access Context Manager, and Endpoint Verification, and the product launch of the zero-trust BeyondCorp Enterprise “work anywhere” platform.

  • Programmer Writer at Aquent
    Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 · 3 mos

    Quick project researching and documenting dusty API resources for a compliance requirement

  • Microsoft (Contract · 1 yr 7 mos)
    • Senior Content Developer
      Oct 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Provided updated and new content for tutorials, how-tos, and quickstarts for Azure IoT Edge.

    • Senior Content Developer
      Apr 2018 - Oct 2018 · 7 mos

      Created example code (C#, Python, Go) and sample projects (C#), as well as edit-driven content updates (quickstarts and tutorials) for Azure Cognitive Services.