Carson Long
Software Engineer at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolCarson Long is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native infrastructure and developer tooling, currently at Meta after a multi-year tenure at VMware/Broadcom. He specializes in backend systems, routing, and logging — contributing to prominent Cloud Foundry projects such as cf-acceptance-tests, cloud_controller_ng, and loggregator-release where he improved HTTP/2 routing, backend process updates, and modernized logging components. Based in San Francisco with an MS in Computer Science from USC, he blends deep systems knowledge with a strong focus on code quality, test reliability, and backward-compatible upgrades. Notably, his open-source work shows attention to API design and removing legacy cruft, reflecting an engineer who balances pragmatic production needs with long-term maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaWeb Development Immersive, Web Development Immersive at General AssemblyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Andrew's School
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (27)
cloud-foundry10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
testing10
process-management10
ruby10
app-platform10
go10
api10
database-management10
logging10
backend10
grpc10
test-automation10
cicd9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
cloudfoundry/cf-acceptance-tests
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
CF Acceptance tests
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 682 reviews, 44 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Carson primarily contributed to the development and testing of the `cf-acceptance-tests` repository. Their work involved adding and testing HTTP/2-only features for routing, focusing on the interaction between apps and the routing infrastructure. The user also refactored code by fixing struct tags and pagination links, which indicates an understanding of API design and data structures. The user also removed unused variables in the config test and unnecessary fmt.Sprintf usages, showing a focus on code quality and readability.
testingacceptance-testscff-wg-app-runtime-deploymentsacceptance
cloudfoundry/loggregator-release
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Cloud Native Logging
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:155 reviews, 30 commits, 199 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Carson focused on refactoring and improving the loggregator-release project, a cloud-native logging system. Their contributions primarily involved removing deprecated features, such as the `x509ignoreCN` flag, and updating configurations to align with modern Go versions. They also addressed several test-related issues, increasing timeouts and cleaning up contexts for improved reliability. Additionally, they refactored the TrafficController Log Cache connection.
golangcloud-foundryfluentdloggingcff-wg-app-runtime-platform
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