Eric Cox
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Cox is a software development engineer with 12 years of experience building robust backend systems and databases, currently working on automated reasoning for identity at AWS. He has deep C++ and database expertise evidenced by substantive contributions to the core MongoDB codebase, including query execution, index access, and improved error handling. Prior roles at MongoDB, Western Digital, and cloud-focused startups show a mix of large-scale product engineering and cloud storage experience. Eric holds advanced academic credentials (MS in Computer Science from NYU and PhD work at Purdue), reflecting a strong research-oriented foundation he applies to practical system design. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who brings rigorous internal testing and refactoring discipline to performance-sensitive distributed systems.
12 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 New York UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Purdue University
Github Skills (15)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
mongodb10
database-design10
mongodb-database10
index-management9
data-structure9
data-structures9
error-handling8
query-optimization8
nosql7
relational-databases7
sql-database7
database7
databases7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/mongo
Dec 2019 - Jul 2022
The MongoDB Database
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer/Administrator
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer/AdministratorContributions:149 commits, 3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Eric contributed to the MongoDB database, focusing on code modifications within the C++ codebase. The commits include implementations and refactoring related to data structures and index access, as well as the addition of more robust error handling. The user's contributions involved improvements to the query execution pipeline, specifically involving changes to the code to move and modify implementation details regarding various classes, such as DocumentSource. The user also contributed to the database by implementing and testing various internal functions, classes, and assertions.
nosqlc-plus-plusmongodb-databasedatabasemongodb
yhat/benchdb
Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 release, 53 commits, 65 pushes in 5 months
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