Daniel Sims
Staff Software Engineer at Onebrief
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Sims is a Staff Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building full-stack JavaScript applications and leading engineering teams, currently based in Detroit. He specializes in TypeScript, Node.js, React and Next.js, with hands-on AWS and GCP experience and a track record of mentoring and scaling front-end and full-stack teams. His tenure includes senior roles at Amazon and Red Ventures and recent staff-level leadership at Onebrief, reflecting consistent progression into architecture and delivery ownership. Daniel contributes to notable open-source work for Google Cloud PHP client libraries, modernizing Speech and Vision APIs and improving emulator support for cloud testing. Comfortable across both back-end and front-end domains, he blends pragmatic refactoring with platform-aware engineering practices that reduce tech debt. He pairs a practical Applied Technology BS with a history of shipping production systems in large enterprises and mission-driven startups.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associate in Science Computer Science, Associate in Science Computer Science at Mott Community CollegeBachelors of Science Applied Technology, Bachelors of Science Applied Technology at Eastern Michigan University
Github Skills (5)
php10
google-cloud-platform10
api10
apidoc10
software-design8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
googleapis/google-cloud-php
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
Google Cloud Client Library for PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 12 PRs, 14 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on deprecating and refactoring handwritten classes within the Google Cloud PHP library, specifically targeting the Speech and Vision APIs, replacing them with their newer Gapic counterparts. This involved adding deprecation notices, updating class references, and removing unused code, aiming to guide users towards the more modern and feature-rich API implementations. Additionally, the user addressed configuration issues related to emulators for services like PubSub, Datastore, and Firestore, ensuring seamless integration with testing environments and expanding support for the Cloud Firestore Emulator. Furthermore, they made updates to support BigQuery ML Models, with additional features and code enhancements.
google-cloudphpgoogle-cloud-platform
danielgsims/php-collections
Mar 2013 - Oct 2017
A PHP implementation of a templated list. The Collection class allows one object type and its subtypes to be added to the collection. Many standard PHP array functions are encapsulated in the collection.
Contributions:15 releases, 61 commits, 68 PRs in 4 years 7 months
php
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