KirkĀ Freiheit
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKirk Freiheit is a Principal Software Engineer and engineering leader based in Orlando with a track record of designing and shipping software enjoyed by millions across Microsoft, Symantec, Veritas, and Thermopylae. He blends front-end expertise (React, Typescript, accessibility) with deep systems and cloud experience (C/C++, Docker, Jenkins, AWS, CI/CD, Linux/Windows), and has guided large distributed teams through product launches and platform transformations. Kirk holds nine U.S. patents for UI and process innovations, and has a strong history of mentoring colleagues through patent and career milestones. He contributed to the open-source Google Earth Enterprise project by enhancing the Fusion Maps API to support multiple Maps API versions and improving install scripts and examples for local deployments. Known for customer-focused design, he often pairs UI/UX intuition with infrastructure automation to simplify complex workflows. His background in computer science with a music minor hints at a creative approach to engineering and problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science Music minor (Classic Guitar), BS Computer Science Music minor (Classic Guitar) at University of Central Florida
English
Github Skills (11)
html10
javascript10
worldmap9
2d9
bootstrap9
bootstra9
maps9
gis8
3d5
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
google/earthenterprise
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
Google Earth Enterprise - Open Source
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 24 PRs, 8 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Kirk focused on enhancing the Google Earth Enterprise Fusion Maps API, primarily by adding support for multiple versions of the Google Maps API. They modified JavaScript files (bootstrap.js, bootstrap_loader.js) to manage API paths and loading. The user created and modified HTML example files (example_local.html, example_local_vXXX.html) to demonstrate the use of the API, including configurations for local-only views. Additionally, the user addressed code style and corrected errors in the installation scripts.
3d-globepythonrastergooglec-plus-plus
tst-kfreiheit/earthenterprise
Jul 2018 - May 2019
Google Earth Enterprise - Open Source
Contributions:38 pushes, 10 branches, 6 tags in 9 months
googleearthgoogle-earthgoogle-mapsgis
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