Brett Boston
Senior Software Engineer at Stellar Development Foundation
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolBrett Boston is a Senior Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 12 years of experience building robust, research-driven systems across industry and academia. Currently at the Stellar Development Foundation, he contributes to the core of a major blockchain network—improving peer-to-peer overlay efficiency and adding tools to analyze quorum intersection. His background blends formal research roles at Galois and Aarno Labs with practical engineering internships at Microsoft, Tableau, and Zillow, reflecting a strong foundation in distributed systems and applied research. He holds an MS in Computer Science from MIT and a BS from the University of Washington, pairing rigorous academics with hands-on product work. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces subtle protocol issues (like unnecessary shutdown connections) before they become outages. Brett brings a rare mix of protocol-level insight and production-grade engineering to open-source and mission-critical infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of WashingtonMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (13)
distributed-systems10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
networking10
blockchain10
cryptography9
data-structure9
data-structures9
algorithm9
json9
algorithms9
unix6
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Github contributions (5)
stellar/stellar-core
Nov 2023 - May 2026
Reference implementation for the peer-to-peer agent that manages the Stellar network.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 262 reviews, 34 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Brett primarily contributed to the core logic of the Stellar Core project. Their work involved modifying the overlay component to enhance its efficiency by preventing the initiation of unnecessary connections during shutdown and adding logging improvements. Additionally, the user implemented a new command (`check-quorum-intersection`) to analyze quorum intersection from JSON input. These changes demonstrate a focus on network performance, functionality, and data processing within the Stellar network infrastructure.
peer-to-peer
bboston7/stellar-core
Dec 2023 - Jul 2026
stellar-core is the reference implementation for the peer to peer agent that manages the Stellar network
Contributions:817 pushes, 94 branches in 2 years 7 months
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