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Craig Kahle

Craig
Kahle

Support Systems Engineer at Wiz, now part of Google.

A software engineer with a passion for music, events and the outdoors. I also run MesaWorks on the side.

Work

  1. Wiz

    Support Systems Engineer · acquired by Google

    Building the tools and systems that let support engineers move faster. Infrastructure as code with Terraform, CI/CD on CircleCI, Python services, custom CLIs and GCP Workstations.

    Nov. 2025 – Present

  2. MesaWorks

    Founder / CTO

    Founded a software company that builds full-stack web applications for small businesses, using Python, Node.js and React.

    May 2025 – Present

  3. Meow Wolf

    Senior Software Engineer

    Built applications that power interactive, physical experiences. Technical lead for the messaging backend and the CMS migration, with CI/CD pipelines and TypeScript extensions.

    Mar. 2024 – Jun. 2025

  4. Google Cloud

    Customer Engineer

    Secured the technical wins that helped close business valued at over $15M. Built Java microservices on Kubernetes, network architecture and SQL dashboards for customer proofs of concept.

    2022 – Mar. 2024

  5. Google Cloud

    Technical Solutions Engineer

    Resolved technical issues for S&P 500 customers on Google Cloud, with a focus on SQL query troubleshooting, and built internal tools that streamlined the support workflow.

    Feb. 2020 – 2022

  6. SXSW

    Full-Stack Engineer

    Designed and built secure APIs serving 200k+ mobile users, and automated the AWS infrastructure behind them with Ansible.

    Jun. 2016 – Jan. 2020

  7. Crispy Interactive

    Full-Stack Developer

    Full-stack developer at an interactive design studio, building Laravel PHP and AngularJS applications, including a mobile app and an e-commerce platform.

    Jun. 2014 – Jan. 2016

  8. University of Texas at Austin

    Front End Developer

    Rebuilt department websites for the College of Natural Sciences, used by tens of thousands of people. Developed PHP Joomla templates and a JavaScript UI framework.

    Sep. 2012 – May 2014

Education

  1. Temple University

    Bachelor's in Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media

    Studied broadcasting, telecommunications and mass media with an emphasis on audio recording and engineering.

    2009–2011

  2. Drexel University

    Graphic Design

    Learned foundational design principles, including color theory, composition, and the basics of design.

    2007-2009

Elsewhere