Michael Sierra
Product Architect Developer Experience at Akamai Technologies
Concord, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Sierra is a Product Architect focused on Developer Experience with 13 years of experience designing REST APIs, API-first workflows, and contract-driven DX tooling at Akamai. A former senior technical writer and editor, he blends deep hands-on development skills with a knack for simplifying systems before they become hard to explain. He maintains a jeweler's eye for REST design and has built Perl-based tooling and Apiary/RAML-driven documentation pipelines to generate robust API docs from source. His open-source and documentation work spans prominent projects like Apache Cordova and WebPlatform contributions, demonstrating long-standing involvement in community docs and standards. Based in Concord, MA, he pairs practical engineering with editorial rigor to make APIs both usable and communicable across teams. An often-overlooked strength is his history of building publishing and conversion tooling (from his O’Reilly and R&D days), which informs his systematic approach to developer experience.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Saint Ann'sGrinnell College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (9)
html10
css10
documentation10
cordova9
doc8
python6
regex6
mobile5
javascript5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/cordova-docs
Apr 2013 - Sep 2013
Apache Cordova Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:195 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions center on modifying and updating documentation within the Apache Cordova documentation repository. The commits primarily focus on enhancements to the support matrix within the documentation, updating the CSS and HTML content. The work involves refining the presentation of the support information and updating the compatibility tables for features across various platforms.
cordovaapache-cordovajavascriptapachenodejs
mike-sierra/webplatform
Nov 2012 - May 2013
Contributions:188 commits, 1 branch in 6 months
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