Evan Sims
Co-Founder at InferaDB
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEvan Sims is a veteran full‑stack engineer and DX specialist at Okta, currently focused on Fine‑Grain Authorization (OpenFGA). He builds developer-facing SDKs and secure APIs, previously owning Auth0 SDKs and delivering 40+ open‑source libraries relied on companies like OpenAI and Peloton, while serving as a team Security Champion. His work spans human‑centered front ends (React/Next.js) to scalable backend systems (Postgres, MongoDB, AWS/Vercel) with a test‑driven, security‑first mindset. An active open‑source contributor to projects such as Auth0 and Ushahidi, he has led products from day‑zero launches to cross‑team delivery and long‑term maintenance. Outside of engineering he contributes to FOSS, games with friends, and is restoring an 1890s bungalow with his partner — a hands‑on hobby that mirrors his pragmatic approach to software.
17 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
University of Advancing Technology
English
Stackoverflow
93reputation
5kreached
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Github Skills (58)
web-applications10
api-doc10
unit-testing10
webapplications10
javascript10
laravel510
web-application10
python10
testing10
auth010
laravel610
user-authentication10
authentication10
laravel1010
laravel10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
auth0/laravel-auth0
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Laravel SDK for Auth0 Authentication and Management APIs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 releases, 29 reviews, 179 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Evan primarily contributed to the project by fixing documentation issues within the code. These fixes focused on improving docblocks, which suggests a focus on code maintainability and clarity. Additionally, the user removed an obsolete configuration reference. Furthermore, the user fixed a missing return statement in the code.
phpauthenticationdx-sdksdklaravel-sdk
auth0/auth0-PHP
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
PHP SDK for Auth0 Authentication and Management APIs.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 releases, 158 reviews, 454 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Evan contributed to the Auth0 PHP SDK, specifically focusing on password change ticket functionalities. Their work involved adding features, such as specifying TTL (Time to Live) values, and creating the password change ticket. The user also added unit tests to ensure the proper functionality and validation of the password change ticket feature. This work involved modifying existing files and creating new test cases to validate their code contributions.
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