Andrew Dove
Chief Software Architect at National Instruments
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Dove is a seasoned software architect with over three decades of experience and eight years explicitly tracked in modern software roles, currently serving as Chief Software Architect at National Instruments in Austin. He combines deep systems-level thinking from long tenures as Distinguished Engineer and Principal Architect with hands-on front-end contributions to notable open-source projects like the flot JavaScript charting library. Trained in physics and astronomy at Oxford and UT Austin, he brings a scientific, data-driven approach to solving complex engineering problems and improving developer-facing tooling. Known for refactoring and bug-fixing that improve user interaction and maintainability, he bridges legacy industrial systems and contemporary UI/UX concerns. His background suggests a rare mix of academic rigor and practical product-focused architecture across instrumentation and process-control domains.
8 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Astronomy, MSc, Astronomy at The University of Texas at AustinBA, Physics, BA, Physics at University of Oxford
French, German
Github Skills (8)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
jquery10
ui-design10
chartjs10
charts10
testing9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
flot/flot
Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Attractive JavaScript charts for jQuery
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:86 commits, 37 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the "flot" JavaScript charting library. Their work involved refactoring the hover functionality and ensuring correct event registration. They also fixed issues related to the legend, including the display of plot icons and the correct handling of the `noColumns` option. Additionally, the user refactored existing code and made updates to the examples in the library.
javascriptjquery
flot/flot-plugins
Apr 2019 - Aug 2020
Flot plugin library
Contributions:175 commits, 55 PRs, 173 pushes in 1 year 4 months
flot
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