Tim Craig
Staff Software Engineer 2 at PayPal
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Craig is a seasoned Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building backend systems and tooling, currently at PayPal in San Jose. He brings deep multilang expertise (Java, C/C++, Python, PHP, VB.NET) and strong database and Linux administration skills, enabling him to move fluidly between application code, infrastructure, and operations. Tim has a history of long-tenured platform work and senior engineering roles across fintech and security-focused companies, demonstrating reliability in both team and independent settings. He is an avid Linux desktop and server user and applies that systems-first perspective to debugging, deployment, and testing (white- and black-box). Known for quickly learning new languages and frameworks, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a background in graphics and tooling that often surfaces in creative technical solutions. Based in San Jose with a BS in Computer Science from San José State University, he blends production-grade discipline with a hacker’s curiosity.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at San José State University
Github Skills (19)
circuit10
cdr10
mod-manager10
h26410
freedesktop10
h26510
linux10
usb10
zoneminder10
closed10
openipc10
vms10
television10
scalable10
jsinterop4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
Tim-Craig/zm-applet
Dec 2014 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 release, 34 commits, 13 pushes in 4 years 9 months
Tim-Craig/ZoneMinder
Oct 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 push, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
closedzoneminderlinuxcircuitusb
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