Callahan Kovacs
Software Developer at Canonical
Missouri, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolCallahan Kovacs is a Software Developer with six years of cross-disciplinary experience blending systems-level C/C++ development, Python-based DevOps, and hardware engineering. Currently contributing to Canonical’s snapcraft, charmcraft, and rockcraft tooling, he brings practical open-source impact—adding submodule controls, env var support, and multi-architecture build work (including s390x and riscv64). Previously he built real-time, multi-threaded C++ systems and CI/CD tooling at Kapsch and debugged embedded controllers and power systems for Dell ODMs, giving him a rare hardware-to-cloud perspective. He holds a dual Electrical and Computer Engineering degree with high honors and maintains a technical blog and FPGA/PCB storefront that reflect hands-on maker instincts. Comfortable leading deployment and validation teams, he combines production-grade engineering with community-driven open-source contributions.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, 3.89, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, 3.89 at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (17)
python10
git9
yaml9
git-submodules8
build-automation8
package-management7
scripting7
devops7
script7
package7
packager7
debian-packaging7
sh7
shell7
package-manager7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
canonical/snapcraft
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Package, distribute, and update any app for Linux and IoT.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:28 releases, 951 reviews, 98 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Callahan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the `snapcraft` project. They implemented a new feature to configure submodule fetching using `source-submodules` in `snapcraft.yaml` and added support for environment variables. Furthermore, they improved library dependency resolution, addressing missing library issues. The user also made changes related to build processes and added support for architectures, including `s390x` and `riscv64`, indicating their involvement in DevOps aspects.
snapslinuxupdatesnapdistribute
mr-cal/craft-providers
Mar 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:327 pushes, 188 branches in 1 year 7 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.