Steve Faulkner
Director Of Engineering, Workers at Cloudflare
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolSteve Faulkner is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building scalable infrastructure and developer platforms, now leading Cloudflare Workers as Director of Engineering. He blends startup grit from co-founding Murfie with enterprise-scale systems expertise from roles at Microsoft (CosmosDB) and Vercel, delivering resilient backend and database features. An active open-source contributor, he has hands-on experience improving database operations in high-profile projects like the Azure SDK for JavaScript. His background ranges from mechanical engineering and South Pole physics research to product-driven leadership, giving him a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to solving complex technical problems. Based in Chicago, he focuses on shipping robust systems while fostering engineering teams that bridge research, infrastructure, and developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics, BS Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (12)
azure10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
microsoft-azure10
azure-sdk10
typescript-types10
testing10
nodejs9
html6
css6
xhtml6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-js
Jul 2018 - Aug 2021
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for JavaScript (NodeJS & Browser). For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/javascript/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-js.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:98 reviews, 246 commits, 170 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Steve focused on implementing features related to the database operations within the Azure SDK for JavaScript repository. They primarily worked on refactoring and improving code related to stored procedures, session tokens, and container management. These tasks included migrating methods, fixing bugs, and enhancing integration tests to ensure robust database functionality. Additionally, the user made updates to test files to enhance the functionality of the tests.
versionedbrowserjavascriptsdkconsumers
southpolesteve/cosmos-emulator-github-action
Nov 2019 - Feb 2022
Github Action for Cosmos Emulator
Contributions:2 releases, 7 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 3 months
cosmosemulator
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