Cooper Filby
Senior Engineering Manager at Shipt
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCooper Filby is a Senior Engineering Manager in Birmingham, AL with 11 years of experience leading full-stack teams and shipping reliable mobile and web applications. He combines hands-on expertise in JavaScript/Node.js, Python, Java and PHP with strong DevOps sensibilities and a track record of implementing CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery. At Shipt he progressed from senior engineer to engineering manager, coaching teams while still contributing to architecture and production systems. His open-source work includes improving GraphQL tooling by adding int64 ID support to the widely used gqlgen library and enhancing UX stability in the Fider feedback platform. An MS in Computer and Information Science and prior roles building HIPAA-compliant health apps underscore his ability to navigate complex, regulated domains while delivering pragmatic technical solutions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer and Information Sciences, 4.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer and Information Sciences, 4.0 at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
back-end-development10
testing10
typescript10
wpgraphql10
go10
front-end-development10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
typescripts10
backend10
react10
postgresql9
codegen9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
getfider/fider
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 28 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Cooper primarily focused on front-end development, adding and refactoring React components for error handling and user interface elements. They implemented error boundaries and related components to improve application stability and user experience. Additionally, the user contributed to back-end functionality by adding support for persisting audit events, including database schema changes and in-memory storage implementations. The user also refactored client IP extraction logic for improved performance.
feature-requestcollectsuggestionsdjangoopen-platform
99designs/gqlgen
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
go generate based graphql server library
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Cooper contributed to the `gqlgen` repository by implementing support for `int64` IDs within the GraphQL schema. They added new functionality for unmarshalling and marshaling `int64` values, along with corresponding unit tests to ensure correctness. The user refactored the code with `gofmt` and added additional tests to validate the implemented features, improving the robustness and functionality of the GraphQL library.
golangcodegenartemissubscriptionsgraphql-tools
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