Tyson Norris
Sr. Software Engineer at Netflix
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarTyson N is a Sr. Software Engineer based in San Francisco with over a decade of experience, currently building backend systems at Netflix after a long tenure at Adobe. He focuses on backend engineering, test automation, and reliability—evidenced by contributions to Apache OpenWhisk where he optimized container removal logic and bolstered test coverage for a well-known open-source serverless platform. His career spans media and cloud companies like Kodak and MarketLive, giving him strong product-oriented and operational instincts. Early roles in QA and technical support sharpened his attention to robust testing and developer experience. Tyson is known for pragmatic, reliability-first solutions that make large-scale services efficient and easier to maintain.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (12)
functions-as-a-service10
serverless-architectures10
scalatest10
scala210
scala10
akka9
containerization9
docker8
dockerce8
kubernetes8
kubernetes-pod8
dockers8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apache/openwhisk
May 2017 - Sep 2020
Apache OpenWhisk is an open source serverless cloud platform
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 64 commits, 164 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tyson focused on optimizing container removal logic and improving test coverage within the Apache OpenWhisk serverless cloud platform. Their work involved modifying container pool tests, ensuring efficient resource management. The user made changes to the container pool tests to cover different use cases. These modifications indicate a strong understanding of the platform's core functionality and a dedication to improving its reliability through robust testing practices.
serverless-cloudfunctionsserverlessapachedocker
adobe-apiplatform/incubator-openwhisk
Oct 2017 - Nov 2020
Apache OpenWhisk is a serverless event-based programming service and an Apache Incubator project.
Contributions:1 review, 688 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years 1 month
serverlessosgiapacheapache-openwhiskcloud
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