Kynan Ware
Software Engineer II at GitHub
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKynan Ware is a Software Engineer II based in Edmonton with five years' experience building and supporting production-grade systems, now a core maintainer of the widely used GitHub CLI where he focuses on backend and API features like auth handling and repository templates. He progressed from hands-on customer-facing roles resolving Linux and web app incidents to designing DevOps automations and documentation, giving him a pragmatic blend of operational judgment and developer ergonomics. At GitHub he leads open-source collaboration on fast-moving security fixes and feature work, and his contributions include implementing token auth checks and license/.gitignore listing functionality in a high-profile repo. Comfortable translating complex customer needs into resilient engineering solutions, he brings a user-centric mindset and a knack for turning support-driven insights into durable code.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Open Studies, Computer Science, Open Studies, Computer Science at Athabasca University
Github Skills (12)
command-line-interface10
go10
api10
github-api10
apidoc10
command-line10
user-authentication9
authentication9
testing8
cli7
git7
golang7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cli/cli
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
GitHub’s official command line tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Developer
Back-end Developer & API DeveloperContributions:244 reviews, 113 PRs, 175 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Kynan primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the GitHub CLI tool. Their work focused on implementing the `HasActiveToken` method within the `AuthConfig` interface and its integration across various components. They added methods, modified existing code, and updated comment formatting. The user also introduced and implemented functionality for listing and viewing repository licenses and .gitignore templates, as well as improvements in the API calls.
golangcommand-line-toolgocommand-linecli
BagToad/Zendesk-Link-Collector
Aug 2023 - Feb 2025
A browser extension to aggregate links (and attachments) in a Zendesk ticket based on user-defined RegEx patterns.
Contributions:5 releases, 5 reviews, 79 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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