Adam Lear
Staff Software Engineer at Stack Overflow
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Lear is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience focused on backend systems, currently building resilient developer-facing infrastructure at Stack Overflow from New York. A Waterloo-trained computer scientist, he combines rigorous CS fundamentals with pragmatic engineering to ship reliable services in fast-paced environments. He brings deep experience in server-side architecture, performance tuning, and operational excellence, often translating complex requirements into maintainable systems. As a Canadian working in the American idiom, he adds cross-cultural communication and product sensibility to technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours Computer Science, Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StackExchange/unikong
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 1 day
aalear/gha-playground
Dec 2023 - Jul 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 12 pushes, 8 branches in 7 months
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