Kyle Frazer
About Kyle Frazer
Kyle Frazer is a Software Engineer at Barracuda in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in a distributed, cross-platform legacy archival solution written in C/C++.
Current Role
Kyle Frazer is a Software Engineer at Barracuda (NYSE: CUDA), located in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing a distributed, cross-platform legacy archival solution developed in C/C++. His duties include designing, prototyping, and implementing new features, resolving longstanding bugs, and managing the release process.
Key Responsibilities
Kyle Frazer's role involves interfacing with customers in an escalation capacity, providing customer data analysis to product management, and writing documentation for the archival solution. He is responsible for reviewing all code changes and training new developers on working with the product.
Major Projects
Kyle Frazer has successfully achieved a significant integration that allows the archival solution to archive another Barracuda product. He migrated the codebase from a proprietary source control management system to Git, and also led the transition to Agile development methodology. Additionally, he integrated the archival solution with Amazon Glacier and modernized the codebase to C++11, supporting new compilers on both Windows and Linux.
Technical Implementations
Kyle designed and implemented both a CIFS/SMB fileshare backup agent and a SOAP-based VMware backup agent. He fully automated the build and release process, resulting in significant time savings for developers and QA teams. Through his efforts, many customer-critical bugs were resolved, contributing to improved product stability.