Brandon Pike
SDE II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Pike is an SDE II based in Seattle with six years of experience building production-grade software across finance and cloud infrastructure. Currently contributing to Aurora DSQL at AWS, he leverages Rust to develop distributed database components that demand performance and correctness. His background spans software engineering roles at Citi and hands-on research in automated software patching and computer vision, reflecting a blend of applied research and industry delivery. With an MS from Georgia Tech and a BS in Software Engineering, he focuses on computer vision, robotics, reinforcement learning, and automated debugging—areas he has pursued both academically and in research projects. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who prefers building dependable systems informed by research-driven techniques.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Engineering at The University of Texas at DallasMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (25)
sandbox10
virtual-machine10
virtualization10
serverless10
rust10
testing9
open-source9
pooling8
c996
6
java6
encryption5
failover5
async5
postgresql5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brandonpike/firecracker
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.
Contributions:32 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
serverless
brandonpike/turmoil
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
Add hardship to your tests
Contributions:26 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 2 months
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