Benjamin Naecker
Engineer at Oxide Computer Company
California, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Naecker is an engineer with 13 years of experience building systems and backend services, currently at Oxide Computer Company in California. He brings a rare blend of academic rigor—holding a PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford—and hands-on engineering, having led software and data-acquisition work at Q Bio. Benjamin is a pragmatic systems engineer who has made significant open-source contributions to projects like ByConity (adding Solaris and cross-compilation support) and dropshot (enhancing Rust server APIs and observability). His work spans low-level platform compatibility, backend API design, hardware-software interfaces, and scientific data pipelines. Colleagues rely on him for careful, maintainable code and thoughtful integrations between hardware, OS subtleties, and distributed services. Beyond engineering, his background in cognitive science and vision research informs a data-driven, experimentally minded approach to problem solving.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience at Stanford UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cognitive Science, Philosophy at University of Pennsylvania
English, French
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Github Skills (33)
api-rest10
c-language10
dtrace10
system-programming10
crossbuild10
api-design10
restful-api10
solaris10
rest-api10
cross-compiling10
rust10
cprogramming-language10
clickhouse10
freebsd9
back-end-development9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
oxidecomputer/dropshot
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
expose REST APIs from a Rust program
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 reviews, 9 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the backend of the dropshot project, focusing on server-side functionality and API design within a Rust environment. Their work included adding features for connection information, integrating DTrace probes for request tracing, and improving server startup and logging. The user also addressed dependencies and code formatting issues, demonstrating a commitment to code quality and project maintainability.
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ByConity/ByConity
Apr 2021 - Jun 2021
ByConity is an open source cloud data warehouse
Role in this project:Backend & System Engineer
Backend & System EngineerContributions:9 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the system's platform compatibility, focusing on Solaris-derived systems. They implemented platform-specific code adjustments for Solaris and other operating systems like FreeBSD, Apple, and Linux. The user also modified several common libraries to support Solaris, including changes to threading, terminal size, resource usage, and OpenTelemetry context. Furthermore, they added cross-compilation support and a new method for including binary resources.
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