Darryl Tam
Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDarryl Tam is a backend software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently building networking control systems at Google Cloud from San Francisco. He combines deep systems and cloud expertise—honed at Google and SwiftStack—with a hands-on background in storage, protocol implementation, and OpenStack Swift/S3 compatibility. Darryl has a track record of shipping pragmatic engineering improvements, from firmware-level work at Research In Motion to server-side features and tests for open-source projects like Syncany. Unusually for an engineer, he also holds a JD and has experience in nonprofit operations and legal research, which gives him a strong appreciation for compliance, clear documentation, and cross-disciplinary problem solving.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Juris Doctor, Law, Juris Doctor, Law at New York University School of LawBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) (Honours), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) (Honours), Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (12)
command-line10
command-line-interface10
javas10
java10
cli10
testing10
synchronize9
synchronization9
data-synchronization9
synchronized9
git9
bash8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
syncany/syncany
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Syncany is a cloud storage and filesharing application with a focus on security and abstraction of storage.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Darryl primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Syncany application, focusing on enhancing the status command. They implemented a 'no-delete' option, allowing users to prevent deletion of files on the remote repository. Furthermore, they added unit tests and bash completion for the new option. The user also fixed bugs, including incorrect import statements and help text to ensure clarity.
cloud-storagesecurity
Lyrrad/multidrive
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:38 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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