Software Engineer

Milder Hernandez.

Formerly at Microsoft, working on the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK and agentic AI SDKs.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia graduate and former competitive programmer.

Sometimes I play chess: chess.com/member/milderhc ↗

Experience

  1. Freelance

    Bogotá, Colombia

    Nov 2025 — Present

    Product development and web platforms for businesses.

  2. Microsoft

    2019 — 2025

    • Software Engineer II · AI

      Seattle, USA

      Jun 2022 — Jul 2025

      Lead developer of the agentic capabilities in the Semantic Kernel Java SDK, a key part of Microsoft's AI Foundry.

    • Software Engineer II

      Seattle, USA

      Dec 2021 — May 2022

      Led public releases and release automation for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.

    • Software Engineer

      Vancouver, Canada

      Dec 2019 — Nov 2021

      Implemented CI/CD automation and the test harness for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.

  3. Olimpia IT

    Bogotá, Colombia

    Dec 2017 — Aug 2019

    Built national-scale platforms in Colombia: driver enrollment & evaluation, adopted by 30% of driving schools, and driver medical exams, used by 75% of healthcare centers nationwide.

Education

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Systems & Computer Engineering

2012 — 2017 · GPA 4.5 / 5.0