Thomas Faber
Sr. Engineer II Sr. Engineer Software Engineer In Test at ReactOS Foundation
State College-DuBois Area United States
Summary
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RockstarThomas Faber is a seasoned senior software engineer and test automation specialist with 15 years of experience, currently driving reliability and test infrastructure at CrowdStrike. He blends deep systems and back-end expertise with QA-first thinking, having contributed significant fixes and test coverage to high-profile open-source projects like Wine and ReactOS that improve compatibility and restore legacy behaviors. Thomas is comfortable digging into low-level build and compiler issues—resolving IDL and MIDL problems—as well as improving image handling, file I/O, and networking subsystems. Based in the State College–DuBois area, he pairs long-lived open-source stewardship with production-focused engineering, making hard-to-reproduce failures easier to catch and fix. That combination of kernel-level troubleshooting and disciplined test automation gives him a knack for preventing regressions that others might only detect post-release.
15 years of coding experience
German, English
Github Skills (16)
windows10
c1710
c-language10
ws-api10
c-programming10
winapi10
c1110
cprogramming-language10
idl10
wp-api10
operating-system10
testing10
wine9
filesystem9
debug9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
reactos/reactos
May 2017 - Jan 2023
A free Windows-compatible Operating System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:509 reviews, 50 commits, 350 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Thomas made a series of changes to the ReactOS operating system, focusing on improvements to the handling of image formats and related functionality. Their work involved fixing MSVC-specific definitions and handling errors in TIFF decoding. Further contributions include updates to the LIBTIFF library, and improvements to various system components related to security, file system handling, and networking.
driverskernelreactoswindowsgpl
otya128/winevdm
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the `winevdm` project by addressing build and compatibility issues related to Windows 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows. Their work focused on correcting IDL definitions, ensuring correct parameter attributes in various interfaces, and resolving build errors in the MIDL compiler. These contributions centered around maintaining compatibility and fixing compilation problems.
64-bitwindows16-bit2-xwindows-10
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