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title: "Andy Merhaut — Senior Software Engineer"
description: "Andy Merhaut develops business applications. Senior software engineer in Tampa Bay and three-time Microsoft hackathon winner."
source: "https://andymerhaut.com/"
---

Andy Merhaut / Senior Software Engineer

# Engineering experience. Applied AI.

I build applications for large organizations.

[Explore my work](https://andymerhaut.com/#wins-heading)

[Read the blog](https://andymerhaut.com/blog)

- **20 years** building
- **3 Microsoft hackathon** podiums
- **Cloud + AI** integration

## Hackathon wins

1. 2023

   Microsoft .NET Hackathon

   [Winner](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/great-dotnet-8-hack-winners/#%F0%9F%A5%87-best-overall:-nasa-techport-headlines)

2. 2025

   Microsoft AI Agents Hackathon

   [Winner](https://microsoft.github.io/AI_Agents_Hackathon/winners/#best-use-of-azure-ai-agent-service-tariffed)

3. 2026

   Microsoft Agent Academy Hackathon

   [Special Ops — 2nd place](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/agent-academy-hackathon-winners/#:~:text=by%20%40tagr-,What%20they%20built,-Calamity%20Agent%20is)

## Blog

- [A quiet moment](https://andymerhaut.com/blog/a-quiet-moment)

  Trying out a new lens

  September 21, 2026