Brock Szuszczewicz
Senior Software Engineer at Umbra
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrock Szuszczewicz is a Senior Software Engineer based in California with six years of hands-on experience building reliable, secure software across embedded, OS, and cloud environments. He has driven mission-critical work for satellite fleets at York Space Systems—leading board bring-up for 44 satellites, patching in-orbit bugs, and inventing Linux security features—and maintains deep Linux/kernel expertise from his time at System76. Comfortable across Rust, C/C++, Python, Yocto, and FPGA toolchains, Brock blends low-level firmware and hardware-facing development with front-end UI contributions to notable open-source projects like the popular GNOME dash-to-dock and the iced GUI library. He’s delivered measurable business impact—from rescuing $80k+ in hardware sales with kernel fixes to securing multimillion-dollar contracts via technical presentations—and often steps into leadership roles when teams need ownership. Known for pragmatic problem solving and a user-focused mindset, he pairs disciplined engineering with a knack for simplifying complex tooling so technicians and operators can run systems reliably.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Mathematics, Associate's degree Mathematics at Pikes Peak State CollegeCheyenne Mountain High School
Github Skills (14)
linux10
javascript10
user-interface10
rust10
windows-gui10
widgets10
gnome10
elm10
graphic9
rendering9
render9
gobject9
toolkits8
css7
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
iced-rs/iced
May 2021 - Jan 2023
A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Brock primarily contributed to the UI elements of the Iced GUI library. Their work involved adding scrolling functionality to pick lists and optimizing their performance through the use of iterators. They also updated documentation and standardized code style using "cargo fmt." Furthermore, they addressed inconsistencies in helper functions related to toggler and checkbox widgets.
user-interfacewidgetgui-libraryrustelm
micheleg/dash-to-dock
Mar 2022 - May 2022
A dock for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash out of the overview transforming it in a dock for an easier launching of applications and a faster switching between windows and desktops.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
Contributions summary:Brock primarily contributed to the user interface and functionality of the Gnome Shell dock extension. Their work involved fixing bugs related to preferred height and width calculations and enhancing user interactions. They implemented new features, such as the ability to open windows previews on right-click and added binary indicators for running applications. Additionally, the user made adjustments to the dock's behavior within the overview environment.
movesdockgnome-shell-extensiondashwindows
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