Steven Bazyl
Developer Advocate
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Bazyl is a Developer Advocate at Google with 16 years of software engineering and leadership experience spanning security, enterprise Java, web, and systems-level development. He blends deep protocol and security expertise (LDAP, JAAS, OAuth, cryptography) with hands-on full-stack work across Java, Ruby, Node, and Apps Script, and has contributed to high-profile Google open-source projects including google-api clients and the clasp CLI. A former engineering manager and staff architect in gaming and security domains, he excels at turning complex integrations into reliable developer experiences and CI-backed sample code. Based in Boulder, he pairs pragmatic system design with an eye for developer ergonomics—recently improving OAuth flows (PKCE, 3LO) and migrating quickstarts to modern auth like Google Identity Services.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., B.A. at Boston College
Stackoverflow
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135answers
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google-oauth
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google-api
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google-drive-api
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oauth
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authentication
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Github Skills (68)
apps-script10
apim10
web-application10
python10
testing10
sample-size10
bots10
authentication10
ruby10
javas10
sample-data10
google-auth10
google-drive-api10
google-workspace10
javascript10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
googleworkspace/node-samples
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Node samples for Google Workspace APIs.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 62 commits, 67 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Steven primarily focused on maintaining and improving the codebase for Google Workspace APIs, implementing and updating code snippets. Their work involved enabling and configuring linting workflows, updating dependencies, and delinting/reformatting existing files. Additionally, the user made changes to various test scripts to ensure the reliability of the provided samples. The user also made updates to the documentation.
google-apigoogleworkspacegsuitenodejs
googleworkspace/browser-samples
Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
Web samples for Google Workspace APIs
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 25 commits, 27 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Steven primarily focused on updating and migrating quickstart examples to utilize Google Identity Services (GIS) for authentication, replacing older authentication methods. They also implemented stricter code checks by adding and configuring ESLint, ensuring code quality and consistency. The user's work involved modifications to HTML and JavaScript files, indicating involvement in both front-end and potentially back-end aspects of the examples. Additionally, they removed unused drive API information and fixed typos in comments, further contributing to code cleanup and maintainability.
google-apijavascriptworkspacegsuitegoogle-docs
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