Michael Diamond
Engineering at Applied Intuition
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Diamond is a software engineer with 16 years of experience at Google, based in Seattle, specializing in backend systems, build automation, and testing frameworks. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Bazel, Guava, Guice, and Error Prone, improving build reliability, library functionality, and static-analysis accuracy. His work on bash-preexec highlights a pragmatic attention to developer workflows and shell integration, while contributions to Truth and Guava show a focus on robustness through better tests and serializability. Comfortable navigating large codebases, he blends bug fixes, API enhancements, and documentation improvements to raise code quality and usability. Known for pragmatic engineering tradeoffs, he often targets subtle integration issues—preserving existing traps and hooks or refining exception semantics—that prevent downstream surprises. A Dartmouth computer science alumnus, he pairs long-term product ownership with steady open-source stewardship.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
SCPD course work, SCPD course work at Stanford UniversityBachelor's Degree Computer Science and Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science and Philosophy at Willamette University
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Github Skills (60)
unit-testing10
reflection10
debug10
exceptions10
static-analysis10
python10
multithreading10
scripting10
guava10
testing10
bash10
build-system10
assertion-framework10
guice10
java10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
rcaloras/bash-preexec
Jul 2017 - Jul 2022
⚡ preexec and precmd functions for Bash just like Zsh.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 7 commits, 10 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the `bash-preexec` project by implementing and refining core functionalities related to preexec and precmd hooks in Bash. Their work focused on preserving existing DEBUG traps and PROMPT_COMMAND hooks, enhancing the module's ability to integrate with existing configurations. The user also addressed bugs and improved code efficiency by optimizing string manipulation and making the code more robust. These modifications aimed to improve the overall reliability and maintainability of the bash-preexec module.
zshshellzsh-pluginbashprecmd
google/truth
Jul 2016 - Mar 2019
Fluent assertions for Java and Android
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:46 commits, 1 PR, 49 comments in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the testing framework of the project. They modified existing tests, adding new subjects and improving coverage for null pointer exceptions. They also refactored and updated the testing framework to include new features, such as the ability to assert on the causes of exceptions and refine the error messages. These changes enhanced the project's reliability and maintainability by improving test quality and coverage.
assertionstruthtestingtest-frameworkandroid
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