Steven Willis
Software Engineer at Philo
Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Willis is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building backend systems and dev tooling, currently driving engineering at Philo out of Massachusetts. He brings deep proficiency across Python, C/C++, Java, Linux, Debian, MySQL, and large-data tools like Hadoop, with a strong habit of picking up new languages and technologies quickly. Steven has a track record of improving reliability and integrations in production systems, including notable open-source contributions to Kapacitor where he modernized PagerDuty alerts and to Homebrew formula maintenance. His career spans senior engineering roles at CarGurus and Compete and entrepreneurial systems work as a co-founder managing full-stack infrastructure. Colleagues value his analytical mindset and pragmatic approach to selecting the right tool for the problem. He pairs hands-on coding with infrastructure savvy, often tackling the testing and documentation needed to make changes safe and repeatable.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (28)
monitoring10
apim10
package-management10
api-design10
alertdialog10
alertview10
alerts10
kapacitor10
go10
api10
tcp10
git9
grep9
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
influxdata/kapacitor
May 2018 - Nov 2018
Open source framework for processing, monitoring, and alerting on time series data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 19 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily focused on enhancing the PagerDuty2 integration within the Kapacitor framework, a time series data processing and alerting system. Their work involved refactoring and updating the PagerDuty integration, including the transition from `serviceKey` to `routingKey`. Additionally, the user implemented the ability to include links in the PagerDuty alerts. These modifications involved changes to the service's internal logic, testing components, and documentation updates.
monitoringtime-serieskapacitor
Homebrew/legacy-homebrew
Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
💀 The former home of Homebrew/homebrew (deprecated)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 9 PRs, 35 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Steven contributed to the Homebrew package management system by creating and modifying formula files. They addressed bug fixes, such as installing `realpath` without a prefix and fixing bash-completion issues. The user also updated formulas for various packages, including `get-flash-videos`, `fmpp`, and `mydumper`, demonstrating experience in maintaining and updating software definitions within the Homebrew ecosystem.
homebrew
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