Michael Sambol
Principal Software Engineer at De Soto LLC
United States
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Top SchoolMichael Sambol is a Principal Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building cloud-native, secure, and automated systems across startups and large enterprises. He blends hands-on development and legacy modernization with cloud architecture expertise honed at AWS, Intuit, and IBM, and now shapes platform work at Workday while running his own consulting firm. A contributor to high-profile open-source projects like the AWS CDK and AWS Config Rules, he’s implemented Step Functions and synthetics runtimes and hardened security checks for real-world AWS services. He pairs technical depth with business-minded collaboration—serving as a bank board member and vice chair of an audit committee—so his solutions emphasize auditability and operational monitoring. Outside of work he publishes concise CS tutorials on YouTube and builds mobile apps, reflecting a knack for teaching and product-minded engineering. You’ll often find him traveling, reading history, or in the gym, which keeps his curiosity and energy fresh for complex technical challenges.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Iowa State UniversityMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologySkutt Catholic High School
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Github Skills (26)
boto10
aws-cdk10
python10
aws-config10
security10
aws10
infrastructure-as-code10
aws-step-functions10
aws-lambda9
amazon-s39
aws-s39
cloud-security9
s3-bucket9
typescripts8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-cdk
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:422 reviews, 3 commits, 98 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) project, specifically focusing on features related to AWS Step Functions and AWS Synthetics. They added functionality to allow intrinsic functions for JSON path in step functions and integrated a new runtime for synthetics, indicating an understanding of backend logic and cloud-based services. The user also addressed logging aspects by adding a unit to the metric filter, indicating expertise in system monitoring. Furthermore, the user fixed a critical error with the Elastic Load Balancing V2 component.
awscloud-development-kitcloud-infrastructureinfrastructure-as-codetypescript
awslabs/aws-config-rules
Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
[Node, Python, Java] Repository of sample Custom Rules for AWS Config.
Role in this project:Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 1 push in 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the development of AWS Config rules within the repository. Their work included creating new rules to check for security best practices, such as preventing insecure configurations of S3 buckets and RDS instances. They also refactored existing rules to address identified issues, fix false positives, and enhance overall accuracy. These changes involved writing Python code utilizing the AWS SDK and demonstrating a strong understanding of AWS services and security principles.
aws-configjavapython
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