Joseph Klix
Software Developer Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Klix is a software developer engineer with nine years of experience building and supporting cloud-native systems at AWS, where he progressed from Developer Support Engineer to SDE and now contributes to core C++ tooling. He brings strong C++ and systems skills—demonstrated by bug fixes and stability improvements to the widely used aws-sdk-cpp, including S3 CRT client fixes and TCP connection monitoring tweaks. His background in SQL, VBA, and customer-facing roles gives him a practical blend of backend engineering and troubleshooting aptitude. Based in Seattle and holding a CS degree from Missouri S&T, he pairs production-grade code contributions with a history of operational ownership and community-minded problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (15)
aws-s310
c-language10
amazon-s310
cprogramming-language10
back-end-development10
s3-bucket10
aws-sdk10
debug9
debugging9
cloud-services8
cloud-infrastructure8
aws7
cross-platform7
cpp7
amazon-web-services6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-sdk-cpp
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
AWS SDK for C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 15 commits, 146 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the AWS SDK for C++ library. Their work included addressing crashes, handling null pointer exceptions, and resolving issues related to the S3 CRT client, specifically in the areas of Get/PutObject operations and configuration. The user also contributed to the S3 CRT client by configuring TCP connection-monitoring options. Additionally, the user made changes to core files, including core client functions and handling of credentials.
cppsdkaws-sdkcross-platformaws
jmklix/aws-doc-sdk-examples
Dec 2022 - Jan 2024
Welcome to the AWS Code Examples Repository. This repo contains code examples used in the AWS documentation, AWS SDK Developer Guides, and more. For more information, see the Readme.md file below.
Contributions:1 push, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
welcomeaws-sdksdkaws
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