Ian Wyszynski
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolIan Wyszynski is a software engineer with 11 years of experience focused on infrastructure and Realtime Database systems, currently building core Firebase RTDB functionality at Google. He has deep backend expertise across iOS, Android, and JavaScript Firebase SDKs—implementing query semantics like startAfter/endBefore, improving get() behavior, and refining caching and persistence layers. His work on the Firebase CLI and extensions surfaces performance metrics and enables complex data exports (Firestore → BigQuery), reflecting a blend of low-level systems thinking and product-focused tooling. Prior roles include building object-storage GC at Joyent and maintaining campus computing infrastructure at Brown, demonstrating comfort across distributed storage, operations, and developer tooling. An analytical mathematician by training, he pairs rigorous correctness (tests and core component changes) with practical improvements that make large-scale realtime systems more observable and reliable.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at Brown University
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Github Skills (46)
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javascript10
ios10
backend-as-a-service10
bigquery10
data-service10
data-services10
testing10
databases10
typescript10
firebase-realtime-database10
java10
javas10
performance-analysis10
sdk10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/extensions
Aug 2019 - Apr 2020
Source code for official Firebase extensions
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:72 commits, 11 PRs, 31 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily contributed to the development of a Firebase extension for mirroring Firestore data to BigQuery. Their work involved defining interfaces, implementing schema views, and generating queries for data transformation and export. The user also refactored existing components to improve maintainability and to support new features, such as exporting a schemaless changelog. The contributions focused on enhancing the functionality and data processing capabilities of the extension.
firebaseextensionsfirebase-extensionsfirestore
firebase/firebase-android-sdk
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Firebase Android SDK
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 reviews, 72 commits, 23 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Ian contributed significantly to the Firebase Android SDK, focusing on enhancing the Realtime Database (RTDB) query capabilities. Their work involved implementing new functionalities like `startAfter` and `endBefore` in RTDB queries, improving the `get` method, and optimizing query performance. The contributions include code modifications within core database classes, test suite updates, and integration of improvements within the persistence and caching layers.
firebase-remote-configfirebase-databasefirebase-firestorefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-service
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