Paul Tyng
Principal Developer at Code in the Schools
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Tyng is a Principal Developer based in Baltimore with 14 years of hands-on experience building and operating developer tools and cloud infrastructure. He blends backend engineering and DevOps expertise—particularly in Go—having contributed to core HashiCorp projects like Terraform and its ecosystem (terraform-plugin-sdk, terraform-ls, terraform-exec) as well as multiple Terraform providers, improving usability, testing, and provider integrations. Paul has led engineering organizations (HashiCorp, Slack) and now drives product-grade security tooling at 1Password, pairing team leadership with deep technical contributions. He also gives back locally as a board member and former instructor for Code in the Schools, reflecting a sustained commitment to developer education. An under-the-hood strength: pragmatic API and HTTP client standardization across large codebases, signaling attention to maintainability that scales.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of Maryland Global CampusMiami UniversityThe Ohio State University
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Github Skills (64)
apim10
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serializer10
github10
api-design10
testing10
hcl10
http10
bash10
language-server-protocol10
microsoft-azure10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
cicd10
netframework10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/terraform-provider-scaffolding
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Quick start repository for creating a Terraform provider
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 38 commits, 44 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Paul focused on the initial setup and scaffolding of a Terraform provider. They refactored the project structure, moving the provider logic into an internal directory. The user implemented basic provider configuration including user agent settings and added examples for documentation generation. Additionally, they added testing infrastructure and addressed debugging capabilities for developers.
terraform-providerterraform
hashicorp/terraform-exec
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Terraform CLI commands via Go.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 37 reviews, 77 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to bug fixes and refactoring within the `terraform-exec` repository, specifically related to schema bugs, compilation issues, and general code maintenance. Their work involved modifications to core Terraform execution logic, as seen in `tfexec/terraform.go` and changes related to testing infrastructure in `tfexec/terraform_test.go` and `tfexec/terraform_go113_test.go`. The commits also reflect an effort to split commands into individual files, improving code organization and maintainability.
goterraform-cliterraformterraform-sdk
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