Brian Murray
Senior Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Maynooth, Ireland
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Brian Murray is a Senior Software Development Manager at AWS with eight years of experience leading teams that produce and publish SDK code examples used across AWS documentation. He blends technical hands-on work—particularly JavaScript-based AWS SDK v3 examples, testing, and DevOps—with documentation leadership, having progressed from technical writer roles into engineering management. Based in Maynooth, Ireland, he champions clarity and usability for developer-facing content, improving and refactoring the prominent aws-doc-sdk-examples repository that powers many AWS guides. His background in playwriting, journalism, and technical communications gives him a rare combination of storytelling and engineering skills that help make complex cloud integrations accessible.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Journalism, 1.1, Postgraduate Degree, Journalism, 1.1 at Fitzwilliam InstituteWeb App Development, Computer Software and Media Applications, 2.1, Web App Development, Computer Software and Media Applications, 2.1 at National College of IrelandPost-Graduate Techical Certificate, Techanical Communications, 2nd class honors, Post-Graduate Techical Certificate, Techanical Communications, 2nd class honors at University of LimerickCommunications Studies, Communication and Media Studies, 2nd class honors, Communications Studies, Communication and Media Studies, 2nd class honors at Dublin City UniversityMaster of Fine Arts - MFA, Playwriting and Screenwriting, 1.1, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Playwriting and Screenwriting, 1.1 at Falmouth University
Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
javascript10
amazon-s39
aws-cloudwatch8
amazon-sns8
amazon-sqs8
aws7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
Welcome to the AWS Code Examples Repository. This repo contains code examples used in the AWS documentation, AWS SDK Developer Guides, and more. For more information, see the Readme.md file below.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:651 reviews, 978 commits, 566 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian's commits focused on adding and testing Javascript-based AWS SDK v3 code examples. They created test files and updated various examples, including code snippets, to utilize the latest features of the SDK. The user demonstrated expertise by modifying, improving, and extending the usability of existing AWS SDK examples related to various services, particularly within the context of AWS documentation. The contributions included refactoring and reorganizing project elements.
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awsdocs/aws-sdk-for-javascript-v3
Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
The open source version of the AWS SDK for JavaScript V3 developer guide. You can submit feedback & requests for changes by submitting issues in this repo or by making proposed changes & submitting a pull request.
Contributions:76 commits, 65 PRs, 64 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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