Michael Fairhurst
Senior CodeQL Analysis Engineer at GitHub
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael Fairhurst is a senior software engineer and language enthusiast with 12 years of experience building compilers, static analyzers, and developer tooling—work that includes contributing to the Dart SDK and shaping Dart 2.0 while on Google’s Dart team. Currently a Senior CodeQL Analysis Engineer at GitHub, he applies deep language and compiler knowledge to code analysis and security tooling, following a freelance period focused on Flutter projects. He created the statically typed language Wake and a JIT for Vaiven, demonstrating a taste for language design and runtime systems beyond typical application engineering. Based in Portland, Oregon, he combines systems-level expertise with practical linter and framework contributions (AngularDart, dart-lang/linter) to improve developer productivity and code quality.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
English, Spanish
Github Skills (20)
angulardart10
null-safety10
html-parser10
code-analysis10
compiler-design10
lint10
linter10
linting10
dart10
flutter-apps9
file-parsing9
parsing9
html-parsing9
error-handling9
flutter9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dart-lang/sdk
Oct 2016 - Oct 2020
The Dart SDK, including the VM, JS and Wasm compilers, analysis, core libraries, and more.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:469 commits, 3 PRs, 23 pushes in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the Dart SDK, working on features related to the analysis and compilation of Dart code. They implemented functionality for handling nullability, improving error diagnostics, and supporting features such as enhanced enum capabilities. The user's work involved changes to the analyzer, compiler, and core libraries, demonstrating a strong understanding of Dart's language features and the underlying compiler infrastructure.
dartsdkdart2jscore-librariesflutter
angulardart/angular
May 2017 - Jun 2019
Fast and productive web framework provided by Dart
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:76 commits, 35 PRs, 33 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the AngularDart framework by modifying core compiler and parser functionality. They focused on improving the parsing of SVG tags, resolving issues related to metadata and code generation, and updating the testing infrastructure. The contributions also included refactoring related to Dart 2 compatibility, and export of angular_ast models.
dartframeworkweb-frameworkproductive
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