Kyle Knapp
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Kyle Knapp is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with 12 years of experience building developer-facing tools and SDKs, previously a core developer on the AWS CLI, boto3, botocore, and Chalice at AWS. He specializes in Python, backend engineering, and improving SDK usability—often through documentation generation, API correctness, and robust test coverage. His work on boto3 and the AWS CLI includes practical improvements to S3 tooling, pagination, URI handling, and real-world code examples that power millions of cloud workflows. A seasoned conference speaker and active open-source contributor, he combines production-grade engineering with an educator’s attention to examples and docs. Trained as an engineer and computer scientist at Swarthmore with a 3.97 GPA, he brings both academic rigor and pragmatic craftsmanship to developer tooling.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Double Major: Engineering and Computer Science, 3.97, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Double Major: Engineering and Computer Science, 3.97 at Swarthmore College
Github Skills (33)
unit-testing10
boto10
pytest10
python10
apidoc10
amazon-sqs10
testing10
aws-sqs-fifo10
command-line-interface10
aws-lambda10
document-generation10
aws-sdk10
api10
aws10
pagination10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-cli
Aug 2013 - Jan 2023
Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:801 reviews, 2147 commits, 1229 PRs in 9 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Kyle implemented and maintained core functionality within the `aws/aws-cli` repository, focusing on the s3 command set, specifically addressing pagination and code enhancements. Contributions included the addition of features related to the s3 command set. The user also refactored code and updated existing test suites, and modified existing methods within the CLI to fix bugs as well as incorporate edge cases.
aws-clicommand-line-interfaceamazonweb-servicescloud
aws/chalice
May 2017 - Aug 2019
Python Serverless Microframework for AWS
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 61 commits, 33 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the `aws/chalice` repository by implementing and testing new features related to AWS Lambda function management within the Chalice framework. Their work included adding tests for AWS client functionality, refactoring and updating the `update_function` method, and adding support for features such as configuring lambda timeout, memory size, and tags. The user also made changes to configuration, deployment and packaging logic.
pythonmicroframeworkpyramidaws-lambdapython27
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