Augusto Caringi
Software Engineer at Red Hat
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolAugusto Caringi is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience building system-level and embedded software in C/C++ and Linux, currently contributing to Red Hat's Core Kernel team. He combines industrial R&D and academic experience—holding an MSc in High Performance Computing and four years lecturing computer science—with hands-on work on kernel internals, eBPF, and performance-sensitive networking daemons. An active open-source contributor, he has improved bpftrace (a widely used high-level tracing tool) by adding new features and hardening error handling and build quality. Augusto’s background spans firmware for carrier-grade switches to large-scale server optimization, and he brings deep expertise in debugging, toolchains, and cross-platform systems design. Dual Brazilian–Italian citizenship and an interest in bio-inspired AI highlight a global perspective and interdisciplinary curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Universidade Católica de PelotasComputer Science, Special student, Computer Science, Special student at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulMaster's Degree, Computer Science, High Performance Computing, Master's Degree, Computer Science, High Performance Computing at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish, Czech
Github Skills (8)
linux10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
trace10
tracer10
bcc10
bpf10
system-design9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bpftrace/bpftrace
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
High-level tracing language for Linux
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 46 PRs, 87 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Augusto primarily contributed to the bpftrace codebase by implementing new features and fixing bugs related to the tracing language. They added a `cat` builtin function, expanding the tool's capabilities. They also addressed various issues, including incorrect command-line option handling and fixing finalization issues with the `exit()` function. Furthermore, the user made improvements to error handling and addressed build warnings.
bpfbccebpftracingtracepoints
caringi/bpftrace
Oct 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:63 pushes, 45 branches in 6 years 1 month
bpftracingebpfhigh-levellinux
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