Summary
Michael Timbrook is a Staff Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 13 years building large-scale systems, developer tooling, and messaging platforms. He specializes in containerized infrastructure, release engineering, and improving developer experience, having held engineering roles at Meta, OneSignal, Facebook/Instagram and now Coast App. Michael combines hands-on systems work with a DevOps mindset—early career projects include deploying dozens of applications to AWS and building credential leasing and CD tooling. He has a background in accessibility research from RIT, where he led a touchscreen Braille keyboard project, reflecting a long-standing interest in inclusive product design. Active in the Bay Area tech community, he blends deep infrastructure instincts with pragmatic shipping at scale and a commitment to social causes like BlackLivesMatter.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS Software Engineering, BS Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
English