David Dossett.Seattle, WA

Hi, I'm David. I'm a designer and okayish developer based in Seattle. I'm currently working at GitHub building Copilot.

Previously, I led design for VS Code at Microsoft.

Recent Projects

GitHub Copilot

Copilot Chat, Inline Chat, and extensibility in VS Code

GitHub Copilot

Merge Editor

Reducing anxiety when resolving complex conflicts

Merge Editor

Command Center

Bringing keyboard efficiency to the masses

Command Center

Profiles

Configure VS Code for different workloads

Profiles

Default Themes

Modernized, accessible, dark, light, and high contrast themes

Default ThemesDefault Themes

GitHub Pull Requests & Issues Extension

Revamped UI for the much-loved GitHub extension

GitHub Pull Requests & Issues Extension

Webview Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

A component library for building webview-based extensions in Visual Studio Code

Webview Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Grid Playground

Side project to quickly generate CSS grid layouts

Grid Playground

Experience

Staff Product Designer, Copilot

GitHub.2025 - Present

Principal Designer, VS Code

Microsoft.2024

Senior Designer, VS Code

Microsoft.2021 — 2024

Senior Designer, Product Insights

Microsoft.2019 — 2021

Designer 2, Aria

Microsoft.2018 — 2019

Designer, Aria

Microsoft.2016 — 2018

Intern, HoloLens

8ninths.2015