Geoff Greer
Principal Software Engineer at Okta, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGeoff Greer is a Principal Software Engineer and longtime founder based in San Francisco with 16 years of experience building full-stack and systems software. As CEO and co-founder of Floobits and currently leading an Okta incubator project, he combines product instincts with hands-on engineering across frontend, backend, and infrastructure. His open-source contributions span high-profile projects—from hardening the Wayland compositor sway (improving security and robustness) to optimizing Django permissions and de-angularizing the OpenShift console—showing a rare mix of C, Python, and modern JS skills. He’s shipped production features for Kubernetes installers, cloud control panels, and fast code search tools, and often focuses on performance, security (e.g., secure password handling), and cleaner architectures. Comfortable shifting between system-level details and user-facing UX, Geoff pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep technical craftsmanship—and outside work he’s equally likely to be tinkering with motorcycles as with code.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Gonzaga UniversityIona University
Github Skills (33)
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es6-modules10
javascript10
python10
django10
css10
user-interface10
c1110
amazon-web-services10
terraform10
security10
c1710
regular-expression10
terraformer10
openshift10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ggreer/the_silver_searcher
Dec 2011 - Dec 2020
A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1513 commits, 234 PRs, 351 pushes in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Geoff contributed to the code-searching tool, the silver searcher, by implementing features, fixing bugs, and refactoring existing code. The user's work involved changes to core files like `main.c`, `print.c`, and `search.c`, indicating contributions across different parts of the code. The user demonstrated skills in C programming, file I/O, and possibly regular expressions.
command-line-toolsimilarfastersilver-searchertext-search
coreos/tectonic-installer
Apr 2017 - Apr 2018
Install a Kubernetes cluster the CoreOS Tectonic Way: HA, self-hosted, RBAC, etcd Operator, and more
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:367 commits, 302 PRs, 164 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Geoff primarily worked on the frontend of the Tectonic installer, making improvements to the user interface and configuration options. They implemented features related to AWS Terraform support, including custom subnet configuration, and the ability to retry and destroy Terraform applications. The user also refactored existing components, improved the overall styling of the UI, and added a more robust error reporting system. Additionally, they fixed several bugs related to the installer's behavior and dependencies, including handling potential issues with the auto-scrolling of output logs.
etcdcoreoshostedoperatoretcd-operator
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