Abhijit Dixit
Manager, Software Engineering at IonQ
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhijit Dixit is a software engineering manager based in Seattle with 7 years in leadership roles and a deep technical background spanning ML infrastructure, edge computing, IoT, embedded systems, and distributed file and networked systems. He led teams at Amazon working on AWS IoT, FreeRTOS and EC2 capacity, and now manages software engineering at IonQ, bringing cloud-scale product and device-side experience together. His hands-on contributions to high-profile open source projects such as the AWS IoT Device SDK for Embedded C and amazon-freertos highlight a focus on robustness, low-level correctness, and pragmatic refactors that reduce runtime overhead. Prior roles across storage, carrier Ethernet, and VoIP systems give him uncommon breadth from device drivers to NAS protocols and fleet services. He pairs systems-level rigor with product-minded leadership, often surfacing subtle correctness and performance wins that improve reliability in constrained environments.
7 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. Electronics and Telecommunication, B.E. Electronics and Telecommunication at COEP Technological UniversityMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Binghamton UniversityMaster of Engineering Management Engineering Management, Master of Engineering Management Engineering Management at Northwestern University
Marathi, Hindi, English
Github Skills (18)
mutex10
freertos10
mqtt10
c1110
mqttnet10
mux10
c1710
thread10
sys10
aws-iot10
embedded10
pthreads10
unit-testing9
memory-management9
performance-optimization9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
aws/amazon-freertos
Dec 2018 - Jul 2021
DEPRECATED - See README.md
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:96 reviews, 54 commits, 45 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Abhijit made several commits focused on updating and modifying POSIX thread and mutex attributes within the FreeRTOS+POSIX library. These changes include updates to `pthread_attr_t` and `pthread_mutexattr_t` structures, optimizing memory allocation and reducing overhead. Additionally, the user addressed potential overflow issues in POSIX utility functions, demonstrating a focus on code correctness and robustness. The user's commits also show a shift to stack-based allocation for various POSIX types.
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aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-embedded-C
Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
SDK for connecting to AWS IoT from a device using embedded C.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:120 reviews, 47 commits, 122 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Abhijit primarily worked on the AWS IoT Device SDK for embedded C, fixing bugs and improving the robustness of the Defender library. They addressed compilation warnings, updated log messages, and corrected test modules to prevent crashes. Moreover, the user refactored and re-architected the Defender library, and also implemented and integrated a lightweight serializer API for MQTT. Their changes demonstrate a focus on improving code quality and fixing system-level issues within the SDK.
aws-iotsdkembeddedawsembedded-c
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